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I'd like to see the execs barred from country clubs, and a 2yr ban on playing golf.

by xorgar831 10y ago

navbaker 10y ago
What would this accomplish?
- xorgar831 10y ago
  It's tongue and cheek deterrent, it's effectively ex-communcaiton from their social circles which is where they get their attaboy/girl encouragement that this is acceptable behaviour. They don't see themselves as part of the hoi polloi, and bending the rules to their advantage is called "smart".
  - chris_wot 10y ago
    Isn't there something in the U.S. Constitution about prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment? It's an unusual idea, and frankly it's cruel on the rest of us that we would have to share the same space as these people.
  - forgetsusername 10y ago
    Why do you assume that it's the social status of the person that drives this behavior? Why do you assume that people "with money" find this behavior acceptable?
    - Retric 10y ago
      They are more likely to. There is a fairly strong inverse relationship between wealth / money and morality. They are many dubious things that will increase your earnings and franking people less willing to do this stuff tend to make less money and come from famalies that made less money. For a specific and kind of mind blowing example the inverter of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction decided not to become a mult-billionaire as he felt starting a company would be worse for humanity and somewhat sketchy. On the other hand zuckerberg would not have become a billionaire without several amorale choices. I am not saying he is vastly more evil than the average person, but clearly not the kind of guy you want to have any actual power. PS: And yes this is backed up by research. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace
koolba 10y ago
> I'd like to see the execs barred from country clubs, and a 2yr ban on playing golf. That would just give them most time at the office causing more of this!

I'd like to see the execs barred from country clubs, and a 2yr ban on playing golf.

navbaker 10y ago

What would this accomplish?

xorgar831 10y ago
It's tongue and cheek deterrent, it's effectively ex-communcaiton from their social circles which is where they get their attaboy/girl encouragement that this is acceptable behaviour. They don't see themselves as part of the hoi polloi, and bending the rules to their advantage is called "smart".
- chris_wot 10y ago
  Isn't there something in the U.S. Constitution about prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment? It's an unusual idea, and frankly it's cruel on the rest of us that we would have to share the same space as these people.
- forgetsusername 10y ago
  Why do you assume that it's the social status of the person that drives this behavior? Why do you assume that people "with money" find this behavior acceptable?
  - Retric 10y ago
    They are more likely to. There is a fairly strong inverse relationship between wealth / money and morality. They are many dubious things that will increase your earnings and franking people less willing to do this stuff tend to make less money and come from famalies that made less money. For a specific and kind of mind blowing example the inverter of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction decided not to become a mult-billionaire as he felt starting a company would be worse for humanity and somewhat sketchy. On the other hand zuckerberg would not have become a billionaire without several amorale choices. I am not saying he is vastly more evil than the average person, but clearly not the kind of guy you want to have any actual power. PS: And yes this is backed up by research. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace

koolba 10y ago

> I'd like to see the execs barred from country clubs, and a 2yr ban on playing golf. That would just give them most time at the office causing more of this!