Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years.

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    10 months ago

    “Make more money, faster, at any cost” seems to be the motto of a lot of companies these days… Stockholders are there, waiting for their returns, like hungry hatchlings. And CEOs will do anything to try to keep them happy. This system is shit.

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        10 months ago

        It should be: “Make the best quality of goods[ and services] possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.” To paraphrase Henry Ford.

        He was a jackass in a lot of ways but that ideal is bounds better than “fuck workers and consumers, get yachts.”