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LibertarianAS
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22 Apr 2011, 11:43 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f*****g rocket science



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22 Apr 2011, 11:47 pm

LibertarianAS wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f***ing rocket science


Yet people who don't base their economic thoughts on a skim reading of a first years microeconomics textbook realize that imperfect information, imperfect competition, a corporately owned media, and rational ignorance all combine to ensure that that doesn't always happen.


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23 Apr 2011, 12:01 am

LibertarianAS wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f***ing rocket science
...

The whole appeal of crime or unethical behaviour is short term gratification over long term consequences. Think about the implications of that statement for a moment.



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23 Apr 2011, 12:02 am

Master_Pedant wrote:
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Noam Chomsky = Michael Moore

Both are billionaires
both hate capitalism

OH THE IRONY


So, according to LibertarianAS's own ethos and moral system, they should be Gods Among Insects.*

*Yes, I know LibertarianAS is almost certainly factually wrong here, but the internal inconsistency is just too hilarious.


there are no actors, musicians, college professors, documentary filmmakers (unless you count spielberg shoah thing)
or sports stars that are billionaires.
Lukas is the richest "creative type" at 3 Billion

numbers from that old lefty forbes


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23 Apr 2011, 12:11 am

LibertarianAS wrote:

corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal



I.....I....that's.....

~curls up in fetal position and bawls~


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23 Apr 2011, 8:04 am

LibertarianAS wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f***ing rocket science


is this your real view that corporate execs can't lie?


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23 Apr 2011, 12:26 pm

LibertarianAS wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f***ing rocket science


Because Goldman Sachs has lost SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many customers. :roll:


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23 Apr 2011, 12:46 pm

LibertarianAS wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f***ing rocket science


Have you ever heard of Enron?

Some corporations routinely defraud their workers and stockholders for the benefit of a few of the shareholders.

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23 Apr 2011, 12:50 pm

skafather84 wrote:
LibertarianAS wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
, but thinks corporate execs should have all the power to lie, cheat, and steal.


corporate execs CAN'T lie,cheat or steal because, if they are caught to do that ,they will lose all their customers

it is not f***ing rocket science


Because Goldman Sachs has lost SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many customers. :roll:


Them buggers tried to recruit me while I was at university, sorry I don't work for financial whores :lol:



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24 Apr 2011, 11:12 am

Streaming he might have been. But was Chomsky ever really alive?