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We're not talking about Boeing, we're talking about economic systems, with Boeing being an example. @jp555's comment addressed economic systems that "force no profits." @spamizbad then states "forcing profits is bad too," using Boeing as an example. My comment clarified that our system (in which Boeing exists) does not "force profits" (as distinguished from @jp555's example of a system that "forces no profits"). Our system allows profit-seeking companies as well as non-profit-seeking companies. The fact that Boeing feels compelled to earn a profit is a by-product of the financing arrangement by which Boeing was created. Nothing about our system would have prevented Boeing from having been founded as a non-profit.


That's my bad, I did misread the chain.




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