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debsy

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6. About Nike (and other for-profit corporations):

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 08:47 AM

Oct 2018

For-profit corporations are ONLY about making profits. That's all it was about with Colin Kaepernick. Corporations aren't people. They are entities bound by law to deliver profits to shareholders, the rights of all others be damned. Granted, some corporations have a tendency to act somewhat more ethically than others (relatively speaking) but, when push comes to shove, the bottom line (aka $$$) always wins.

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About Nike (and other for-profit corporations): debsy Oct 2018 #6

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