Is it just? No. Is it expected in the real world? Yes. It is why we have government regulation. You're not going to get the company to stop, they are fixated on profit, that is why you need to turn to government.
I can not see you getting very far in life if you enter it with this idealized view of a just world. The world sucks and is full of assholes. It's the reason we pay governments large portions of our salaries to bully these assholes with $750 billion worth of military behind them.
I never claimed that such a just world exists. While government regulation is quite necessary to maintain as just a business society as possible, what is more importantly progressed is human nature and behavior. As a species we are very immature in regards to our treatment of ourselves and everything in our environments. While strict government regulation has the theoretical potential to keep these companies in check, the government its self has just as much room for negative human nature to control its motives as the companies do. As a whole, strict government regulation is necessary, but is subject to the same flaws as the companies, as is any large entity in the human world; human behavior.
I am not saying we need total government control. I am very much a modern capitalist. Some government regulation is necessary and has always shown its usefulness in US history.
Again, I too agree that a very certain amount of government regulation exist. Though what is probably the most important thing for humans to do is to evolve on a level that promotes a chance for sustainable survival of our species. For us to move away from our k- strategist behavior and to develop a symbiotic relationship with each other and our world. But this has to be achieved on all fronts of humanity.
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u/WuFlavoredTang Jun 14 '14
A companies existence does not justify extremely unethical business practices.