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I never quite understand the hero bit. He was very successful and as such set a great example to follow. But he was in it for the money, and he land-grabbed a l
by Tichy 15y ago
I never quite understand the hero bit. He was very successful and as such set a great example to follow. But he was in it for the money, and he land-grabbed a lot of stuff away from other people. It's as if somebody would buy all the land in my city. Sure, I would envy him and wonder how to get so much money, but I would not cheer him on for buying the land that used to be my playground.
- nirvana 15y agoYou make two errors. First, you're wrong to assume he was in it for the money. He could have made a lot more money, and its clear from interviews that money is not what drove him. Secondly, you erroneously presume that capitalism is not a heroic venture. It is. Capitalists like Steve Jobs benefit mankind more than all the efforts of all the charities you could name. This wouldn't normally be so heroic, but in a society filled with people like you who want everyone enslaved to marxist ideology, it is. The idea that he "land grabbed" comes from a lack of understanding of economics, probably due to your education which taught you that an economy was a zero sum game. It isn't.
- Tichy 15y agoCapitalism may be a heroic venture, but buying and owning stuff is not the part benefits mankind. I was also oversimplifying with respect to "in it for the money", but the fact is he fought a lot of patent wars. Patents are simply land claims (a ka buying and owning land) and it is not all obvious that they benefit society in a heroic way - capitalism or not. Also, sorry, but you are just stupid for assuming that I am Marxist just because I criticized some businessman. I never even mentioned any charities. Go find somebody else to vent your frustration to.