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by ImPostingOnHN 39 days ago
The first one is a straw man, a cartoon villain misanthrope. If your point is "at least they hurt people for money, rather than out of savage hatred", I guess that is an optimistic way of seeing things.

The second one is what everyone here is talking about, and it is the cynical option. The non-cynical option would be doing the right thing every once in a while, even if it doesn't earn profits.