Actually, Trump is the cause. Many liberal corporations like Facebook are willing to do anything to prevent another Trump. This is not necessarily a good thing, but it does at least move us away from mindless capitalism.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2018, at 15:56, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like to think there is a progressive change in corporate behaviors in > progress, but I thought there was an, almost, post-racism change taking place > on that front. Then along came the Trump-style populism to shatter my > illusions. Progress won’t be linear. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Centroids > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 2:48 PM > To: Centroids Discussions <[email protected]> > Subject: [RC] Exiting the dark ages of capitalism – Signal v. Noise > > I actually think he is right. Though I’m less sure Capitalism’s Age of > Enlightenment will have fewer horrors... > > > https://m.signalvnoise.com/exiting-the-dark-ages-of-capitalism-480f0600f103 > > Exiting the dark ages of capitalism > DHHJan 16 > &lt;img class="progressiveMedia-noscript js-progressiveMedia-inner" > src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*M4aUSQVuQEI6spS2MYSUig.jpeg"&gt; > Stop squeezing so hard > Squeezing out every last dollar from a relationship will leave it sour and > dry. That goes whether the relationship is between a company and its workers, > a company and its customers, or a company and its suppliers. It’s a > two-dimensional, flat, and antagonistic relationship. It’s also frequently > completely unnecessary, and nearly always unsustainable. > > Yet it remains the predominant gospel of business. One packaged in a variety > of euphemisms to make it palatable, like “what the market will bear”. If > you’re constantly pushing to get within an inch of what the market will bear, > you will inevitably overstep and it’ll break. > > Capitalism doesn’t have to be this way. We can all prosper and society can > progress without such a single-minded strategy. All it takes is a shift in > thinking and perspective. > > If, say, the CEO of BlackRock woke up tomorrow and thought “damnit, eeking > out the last decimal of a return isn’t how I want to be judged at the end of > my days”, then he could start making demands upon his capital that went > beyond just “biggest return, at all costs”. Oh wait, he just did that! > > You don’t even have to take such a change of heart at face value to realize > the good it can bring. Mr Fink may well still be serving the long-term best > interest of his fund and himself by doing this. Betting that it’s better to > take less than the market will bear, if the market will then continue to > exist in a productive form for another century. > > Likewise, the CEO of Facebook seems to be realizing that the goal of > plundering as much attention from as much of the world as he can reach > perhaps isn’t so wise after all. Again, you don’t have to believe in the > noble heart of Mr Zuckerberg to realize that such a change is likely for the > better. > > And you’re free to question those motives, as you should, while cheering on > the change. Because that is change, and it can spread if you help. > > It’s highly unlikely that Fink and Zuckerberg came to these conclusions in a > vacuum. No, they, like everyone, are subject to a change of heart and > practice from a change in atmospheric pressure. From seeing the world getting > worse in so ever many ways, even as we celebrate progress in some areas. From > people making their voices heard with a message of “you’re making it worse”. > > These CEOs, especially the likes of Zuckerberg, have unprecedented power to > set a new, less extractive course for capitalism. Perhaps they’re waking up > to their fearsome power and realizing that legacy matters more than total > victory through total war. > > Supposedly his proposed intention to plunder less attention has sent > Zuckerberg’s Facebook stake down billions. But once you’re a billionaire, how > much does $70 vs $60 vs $30 billion really matter? No, what matters far more > for many of them, as for all of us, is a belief that you’re doing your bit to > make the world a better place. The cognitive dissonance between a mission > statement like “connecting the world” and seeing 2 billion people growing > ever more spiteful and antagonistic must be deafening. > > These are the grand gestures, and if they’re genuine and carried through, > they might well have a large impact. But there’s an even greater impact > lurking below the surface. That fundamental shift in capitalistic ideals. The > move away from “what the market will bear” to “what the market thinks fair”. > That will only happen once the legion of business owners below these titans > adopt a similar change in values. Once the next generation of would-be moguls > has a change in aspirations. > > But it’s possible. Oh, is it possible. The world looks so stuck, so set, > until one day it changes. Until one day enough people wake up and say enough. > Until those with the means decide to take less than all of it. Until we all > reconsider. > > Why shouldn’t that day be tomorrow? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. 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