Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
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Why can’t multi-billion dollar companies have less profit and pay their employees more without wrecking the economy.
they could. but what would be the benefit to the owners of the company by having less profit? what would be the benefit to shareholders who are looking for the company to maximize profits?
Why does dictatorship come with poverty
Because the more money the populace has, the better educated they will be. And the better educated they are, the less likely they will be to put up with a dictatorship. Also, in more affluent societie
Why do small private colleges without large staff, facilities or research departments have such high tuition? Where does that money go?
Because small private schools lack state-funding, lack large, research oriented programs that draw in grant money, and lack major athletic programs to draw in revenue. These reasons (and others, I'm s
Why can a person doing an illegal action (burglary, trespassing) sue the property or owner?
Often these cases are thrown out almost immediately. They are not thrown out, however, if there is a case of disproportionate or illegal actions taken by the homeowner (what is considered disproportio
why does Arkansas, a very culturally southern state, elect so many Democrats?
There are a large amount of black people still in the south, and they tend to vote democrat on everything except abortion and gay rights. Rural latinos tend to vote republican on everything except imm
Why did the court award a daughter 1/3rd of her mother’s estate when she explicitly cut her out of her will?
There's the "Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975". This has some rather wide ranging language in it which allows courts to modify wills based on a rather staggering amount of po
Why are psilocybin mushrooms illegal and listed under Schedule I when they have lowest harm rate Vs. alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, and tobacco and also have profound proven medical b…
The same could be said for Marijuana or even ecstasy and LSD. In truth American drug laws haven't receive a serious restructuring on a national level in a very long time. That is why a lot of drugs wi
Why do some job sites ask for your gender/age/race/sexual orientation?
As far as I know, it's just for census purposes. Some businesses like to keep track of these things, to prove via statistics that they aren't discriminating.
Why is a college degree now required for many jobs when some of those same jobs used to be operated by people with only a high school education?
Because there are far too many interested. Diploma is a way to reduce the people applying for a job plus the degree is a way to understand that they know something.
Why are sports contracts so outrageously high compared to avg worker wages?
Professional sports make a lot of money. LOTS of money. The players feel that they should get a reasonable part of the money being made because they are the major reasons why people pay money for seas