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I'm reminded of an old Hollywood quote, "I'll never work with <actor X> again, unless he's right for the part". Business is business.
by Naritai 10y ago
I'm reminded of an old Hollywood quote, "I'll never work with <actor X> again, unless he's right for the part". Business is business.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoWhich, if one is honest, is what makes America work. I disagree with Thiel. Sixty percent of Americans see similarly [1]. But guess what: democracy depends on tolerating--and reconciling--different views. In Evelyn Beatrice Hall words, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" [2]. The same fraction of Americans who disagree with Trump agreed with interracial marriage as recently as the 1990s [3]. Democracy is messy. If you like overruling others with force, don't pretend to like our system. You're lazy, trading liberty for security, and in turn deserve neither. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/14/sixty-percent-of-americans-dont-think-donald-trump-is-qualified-to-be-president/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/14/si... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall [3] https://mechanicalbrain.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/interracial-marriage.gif https://mechanicalbrain.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/interrac...
- foobarian 10y agoTIL I've been misattributing that quote to Voltaire this whole time. Thank you!
- intoverflow2 10y agoI'm all for "business is business" but it just gets irritating when these startups pretend to have an ethical approach but then that approach goes out the window when money is involved. Not sure how they expect us to swallow it.
- Naritai 10y agoI wish they were more upfront about it as well. Of course, then Silicon Valley (the tv show) wouldn't have the fodder for jokes that it now does.