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by pochamago 2226 days ago
I don't think I understand. Would it have been more ethical in your system if she hadn't hired them in the first place?
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It depends what she did instead. If she just left her money in the bank, no, that's worse. But it would have been more ethical to spend her money in a way that wasn't exclusively dedicated to making more money. Maybe start a collectively owned media organization where power isn't concentrated in one person. Or donate to an existing nonprofit media organization, where revenue is more closely correlated to social impact than the economic health of third party advertisers.

Basically just stop trying to make more money. You don't need any more. Do something to make the world better.