Stumbled upon this: The bottom line is that this is business. If you can live in such a world, congratulations -- you're a pro-business conservative. But if you think this has to be stopped at all costs, then you don't know what business is. And if you think the role of government is to stop it, then you're a complete fucking idiot about both business and government. Barack Obama appreciates your vote.
Or, it goes a long way toward explaining how the world really works. The real question is about which side functions in reality, and which side is in denial about it.
Side? You arent one of those stupid Americans who thinks everyones on one 'side' or another are you? Nothing is black and white
The real world has meth dealers, why not be a meth dealer? Where do you draw the line on that? And why?
Your mistake is in thinking that "the left" doesn't get that this is how the corporate world really works. Anyone with the power of observation understands this. You can even find it in the bible: q.v. Luke 8:18. So when's the wedding?
Bill Gates has two daughters. One was born in 1996, the other in 2002. What sort of "business" is this, exactly?
Crony Capitalism at its finest. Meritocracy. No place in business, at least in the world according to CPUdick. Its about dynastic marriages, just like when the House of Hanover ran Europe. Thanks, Ricky, you couldn't have pointed it out better if you paid the good year blimp to hover over the super bowl with a giant display of your ass.
Of course, maybe he meant it from another POV - its OK to lie as long as you lie to the right people in order to earn profit. Pretty much anyway you look at it, CPUDick is pointing out that yes, he's an asshole, and he gets upset when people point out that he's amoral because he doesn't understand this whole morality thing. So when people point it out, he starts yelling about how they are envious. Instead of understanding that just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. You know, the same morals we all teach our kids by kindergarten.
No, if this were business, the economy would be in an even worse shitter than it is. That you apparently endorse this manner of commerce says quite a bit about your intellect.
They've certainly tried to define it thusly, as if the only form of cronyism possible is governmental. In truth, cronyism and capitalism have a very long history - indeed, its damn near impossible to separate 'networking' with 'cronyism' once the relationships are long standing. You have to look no further than Standard Oil to show an example where it became monopolistic. Check out 'interlocking directorates': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocking_directorates
He's a psychopath. Sociopaths know the human moral compass, ignore it when they can, and play along when they have to, psychopaths are genuinely confused as to why they should have to, and are offended when they're called out, or heaven forbid, punished, and blame it on the feeble little world for not recognizing their greatness.
Soooo... Business is all about lying? And anyone who practices ethics in business is a liberal? Interesting.
There certainly are some (thankfully not all) businesses that operate this way, but such businesses are bad for the economy and ultimately each other. I'm still dumbfounded that CPUrick thinks this is
It may be how he comforts himself at night. "It's not my fault I'm not a success; I just haven't found the right CEO's daughter yet."
This post and your original quip of "crony capitalism at its finest" in regards to the OP's picture are unrelated.
Way to stumble upon some meaningless Internet meme and share it with Wordforge like it has some sort of resemblance to reality. As a businessman I can say it's a tad more complex than that, bucko.
I tend to believe that both Bill Gates and the President of the World Bank would have done their Due Dilligence prior to argeeing to anything such as what was posted, so the scenario is invalid.
