Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> Much of this probably needs to go to slug-politics soon, but I'll bite:
>
Indeed.
<snip>
> Capitalism and economics. That our global society and legal systems
> allow some individuals to prey on others is a big part of the problem
> here. Ethics are moral guidelines that allow you to live with yourself.
> Laws are legal guidelines that allow you to live with others.
>
> If someone finds a legal way to make money preying on others in this
> manner, is it not our laws that are failing?
>
> There is much blind faith in capitalism to somehow save us. Companies
> pay their money to advertise with "unethical" folks that find loopholes
> in technology to spy on folks and spam them with advertising.
Neither capitalism nor a laissez faire economy prevent scalawags from
emerging, any more than communism, socialism, feudalism or anything
else. If there aren't stringent enough laws to prevent this, then our
legal system is at fault. If those laws aren't enforced, then again, our
legal system (its enforcement arm) is at fault. If, regardless of laws
or their enforcement, people still patronize criminals, then it is an
ethical and/or moral problem. Greed is a moral/ethical failing,
completely apart from whatever form of government exists.
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