NaibofTabr

A ten-gallon hat on a one-quart head.

Now there are three of them!

Of course...

accept no substitutes

Yes, but as long as there was public and political drive in that direction - even just the appearance of it - then the companies had to make some effort to look good.

Without the external pressure, then the pledge becomes worthless to the company, so they dispose of the expense.

To put it another way... the pledges become worthless if public sentiment does not force companies to maintain them.

Do you know someone who does trust printers?

Yes, it is part of the problem... the symptom part.

You're saying, "There's a monster that's killing people." I'm saying, "Yes, but you're pointing at its foot. We need to aim for the head."

You'll never get rid of the problem by trying to address capitalism in isolation. Even if you were successful, the problem would simply return under a new label.

Capitalism is not a cause, it is an effect. It is not the disease, it is a symptom.

The root problem is selfishness. Capitalism is like a Plato's cave shadow of selfishness - a projection of selfishness onto politics and economic policy.

I suspect that declining attendance at public parks will be used as justification to fund them less, then shut them down, then sell off the land to resource exploiters.

There is no paradox.

Tolerance is a social contract.

If you abide by the terms of the contract (e.g. tolerance) then the contract applies to you and you are protected by it.

If you do not abide by the terms of the contract then it is broken, and you are not protected by the contract.

It didn't create a return for VCs fast enough.

Now VCs are throwing money at anybody who slaps a "now with AI!" sticker on the side of their shovelware. All aboard the money train! Who cares if it does anything useful as long as we can convince somebody to pay for it.

Try.

People who can buy their way to success give up when they have to put in some effort of their own.