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>A megacorp is made up of people. So it's people who are fundamentally evil.

That is to make a mistake of composition. An entity can have properties that none of its parts have. A cube made out of bricks is round, but none of the bricks are round. You might be evil, your cells aren't evil.

It's often the case that institutions are out of alignment with its members. It can even be the case that all participants of an organization are evil, but the system still functions well. (usually one of the arguments for markets, which is one such system). When creating an organization that is effectively the most basic task, how to structure it such that even when its individual members are up to no good, the functioning of the organization is improved.






But people are aware companies are evil. Why don't they sell the stock? Why do people still buy the stock?

Obviously because they don't give a shit.




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