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Nice re-write. The most interesting part: the businessman never knew what impact his actions had on the fisherman.

He knowingly lobbied for lower compensation rights for his workers. At the protests outside the fisheries he may not have noticed our protagonist given he was wearing crutches at the time and his hair had grown unkempt.

I doubt it would have changed his course of action. In his mind, if he didn't take advantage of the niche opportunity, someone else would.

True, it wouldn't have changed his actions, but it's interesting to think of how all that we do has an impact somewhere else. People reading this now are creating jobs for some and destroying jobs for others. Such is business life.

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