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I think this is in part what you are referring to? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399675,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399675,00.asp Not
by gist 10y ago
I think this is in part what you are referring to?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399675,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399675,00.asp
Noting that you are getting downvoted I am wondering if people are disagreeing that he is 'stealing' or that NYTimes (if he is in fact stealing and honestly I don't have time to vet that) is wrong for taking an investment from him?
My thought is that if in fact he is stealing (once again if proven) I agree NYTimes taking money from him is hypocritical because this is not an ordinary stockholder or arms length investment.
Taking it to an extreme what would anyone think if a startup took an investment from Assad of Syria?
- dominotw 10y agoYes its a complex issue for sure, no doubt . I am referring to the act of exhorting morality and taking a 'better than you' attitude while doing so, not the actual act of taking money. Nytimes public editor Liz spayd herself said that nytimes is now a hive mind totally isolated in a bubble from people whose cause they are supposedly championing. >Taking it to an extreme what would anyone think if a startup took an investment from Assad of Syria? It is equivalent of startup called 'savior of people' doing so. No idea what the downvotes are for, I've wondered about this topic for months .
- yabatopia 10y agoMaybe because your accusation that Slim steals money to fund the NYT? Yes, his telecom company charges more for a crappy service than it possibly could if Mexico had a better regulated market with more competition. Is that stealing? No. Is it moral? Probably not, depending on who you ask. But that's what you get when you mix free market with government corruption.
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