sigh. I literally know people who will take this to heart, who already mostly believe this is how companies should operate, and don’t need much more " proof" like this.
Yes: if you beat your slaves, they will work harder until they die, at which point you can replace them. It’s true. You can be successful this way.
It bugs me to no end that we’ve created an economic model that measures success by exactly one metric: profit. It’s such a shitty situation with a disastrous, unsustainable end; it’s just taking a long time for it to play out.