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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Only if you respect the law, or think the law's wrongness is slight to moderate, or are unsure you are right to consider the law very bad, or you are unprincipled. If you are sure the law is evil, it should not be obeyed.
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It's called civil disobedience, and it has a long and proud tradition in the United States. Such actions have changed the world.
The first rule, however, is that you accept the consequences of breaking the law, and you do so without whining about unfair it all is. You accept the possibility of ruinous civil judgments, and even the possibility of prison time, depending on what law you are disobeying. Without. Whining. You do your time proudly, as an example to others. To do otherwise hurts the cause.
[QUOTE=SteveEisenberg;2953295]Amazon does not have a moral obligation to make a profit.[QUOTE=SteveEisenberg;2953295]
Being a publicly traded company, however, they do have a
legal obligation to do so. Or, rather than "make a profit," to "protect shareholder value," however that is collectively defined by Bezos, his executive staff, and their shareholders. So far, that's been "build market share across every market they can think of."
CEOs have gone to prison for ignoring that obligation.
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I think Jeff Bezos and I would agree on that.
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I'm sure Bezos, and his army of lawyers, would agree that the legal obligation comes first.
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
They have no business obeying evil laws.
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Business is
exactly what they have.