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Part of running a profitable business is doing the right thing. Following socially obligated rules is a cost just like buying drywall.

The profits at all cost mentality is a criminal mentality. Maybe it gets away with not being formally criminal because laws or enforcement are weak (as is the case in the USA) but that doesn't justify the mentality.



> Part of running a profitable business is doing the right thing. Following socially obligated rules is a cost

Exactly! But there is a fixed cost of doing a right think! It is much easier for facebook to do the "right think", than some single guy with no employees!

> just like buying drywall.

I do not have a dry wall. Houses in EU usually do not have a dry wall.




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