GrandmaPoses t1_j9b8gp3 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:35 PM

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But fried chicken restaurants aren’t a public service. If they’ve determined profitability by location based on prior data, you can’t fault them for their decision. That is, they’re a symptom of a larger problem and can’t be expected to be a vanguard of equality.

obscureposter t1_j9ct8qa wrote on February 20, 2023 at 11:52 PM

I find zero problem with a private company using data like that to determine where to open a location. It’s not racist to want to open a store where you are most likely to make profit. That’s just good business. I never understood people wanting corporations to be as you said the vanguard of equality. It’s strange that we will complain about corporations having too much power but then expect them to be the champions of our society.

thzmand t1_j9g1ja9 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 5:40 PM

It's because they are authoritarians at heart and they look to companies and government regulation as big hammers

drmcsinister t1_j9cq85g wrote on February 20, 2023 at 11:30 PM

>determined profitability by location

I also heard Chick-fil-A is a lot more controlling in terms of spacing out franchises to avoid overlap and prohibiting ownership groups from owning multiple locations. So determining locations that maximize profitability is a good thing for their franchisees.