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https://www.pionline.com/money-management/blackrock-now-paying-guards-home-security-ceo-larry-fink https://www.pionline.com/money-management/blackrock-now-payi... Seems like many many american ceo's are hiring bodyguards for themselves... At least nobility had the concept of noblesse oblige. Millionaire CEO Tim Gurner wants unemployment to jump to 50% because workers have become ‘arrogant’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tim-gurner-property-developer-australia-b2411161.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tim-gurner...

hotnfresh 3y ago
50%?! That’s well over the “there’s going to be a violent revolution and/or populist strongman coup now, period, end of story” mark. He’s either a blowhard or an idiot. Or maybe both, I guess.
- ReptileMan 3y ago
  Not if you have robot police force.
- somedude895 3y ago
  He's also the guy responsible for the whole "Millennials should just stop eating avocados if they think they're poor" meme
  - voisin 3y ago
    All the times I heard this I assumed it was a caricature of boomer advice. I had no idea it originated with someone honestly stating it. Crazy.
- stuckinhell 3y ago
  I think a huge percentage of the executive class are extremely narcissistic and completely out of touch with the common person. Populism (Trumpism) will NEVER go away as long as we have an executive class without a ounce of empathy.
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    The vast majority of them have never lived a single day of life experiencing what "normal" people do. They've never interacted with normal society, normal government, or normal businesses. They spend all their time patting each other on the back for milking customers for more.
- jagraff 3y ago
  I think what he actually meant was that it should jump 50%, ie that it should be 50% higher than it is now. Still horrible but that would imply an unemployment rate of ~6%, not 50%.
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago
  by, not to.
  - hotnfresh 3y ago
    Article reported it wrong, then?
    - MisterBastahrd 3y ago
      50% unemployment is beyond Great Depression numbers. He'd have to have a death wish if he really wanted numbers that high.
vasco 3y ago
Stop giving guys like Gurner what they want, which is for people like you to provide free marketing for him based on intentionally inflammatory comments. It's incredible how people think this is "a rich guy revealing their true colors" as if they don't know what they are doing, which is manipulating you into linking more to him.
- gisely 3y ago
  What exactly does he get from people linking to a video of him being crude. He's real estate CEO not a social media influencer. He might get a thrill out of being a public asshole, but it's not like he somehow profiting off his infamy.
  - brucethemoose2 3y ago
    I dunno, but the rule of the era for people seems to be "controversial attention is good attention."
    - itiro 3y ago
      “No such thing as bad press.” has been a thing for a while now. PR teams peddle memes that play up character; “that persons a maverick and rebel” or “taken out of context” without ever providing the context, or retconning the clearly defined context the original comment was in response to. It’s a form of obscurantism; use money to flood airwaves with spin, exhaust people with it so they move on; it’s intentional manipulation of innate biological systems; we get tired of the same old forms of information: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mom-voice-kid-brain-teen-neuroscience https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mom-voice-kid-brain-teen... That’s not just a teen biology thing, it’s just adults get conditioned to grit and bear their daily grind or reality will implode. Anecdotally I know more people tired of their repetitive office job than in love with it. We’re stateful beings and while media does not have perfect mind control of an individual, media is good at manipulating state of the aggregate such we just start telling each other shut up when we’ve had our fill.
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r00fus 3y ago
Just FYI - this guy is also the "avocado toast guy" [1] - he blamed millenials' economic status on their "wasting money on avocado toast". When villains unmask, believe them. [1] https://thehustle.co/avocado-guy-goes-viral-again-and-other-weird-takes-from-the-extremely-wealthy/#:~:text=Who%20is%20this%20guy%2C%20other,recession%20and%20skyrocketing%20housing%20costs https://thehustle.co/avocado-guy-goes-viral-again-and-other-....
mcpackieh 3y ago
Since you call out American CEOs specifically, you should mention that Tim Gurner is an Australian.
0max 3y ago
Folks like Gurner are only making working folks more inclined to French proclivities like Bossnapping.

hotnfresh 3y ago

50%?! That’s well over the “there’s going to be a violent revolution and/or populist strongman coup now, period, end of story” mark. He’s either a blowhard or an idiot. Or maybe both, I guess.

ReptileMan 3y ago
Not if you have robot police force.
somedude895 3y ago
He's also the guy responsible for the whole "Millennials should just stop eating avocados if they think they're poor" meme
- voisin 3y ago
  All the times I heard this I assumed it was a caricature of boomer advice. I had no idea it originated with someone honestly stating it. Crazy.
stuckinhell 3y ago
I think a huge percentage of the executive class are extremely narcissistic and completely out of touch with the common person. Populism (Trumpism) will NEVER go away as long as we have an executive class without a ounce of empathy.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  The vast majority of them have never lived a single day of life experiencing what "normal" people do. They've never interacted with normal society, normal government, or normal businesses. They spend all their time patting each other on the back for milking customers for more.
jagraff 3y ago
I think what he actually meant was that it should jump 50%, ie that it should be 50% higher than it is now. Still horrible but that would imply an unemployment rate of ~6%, not 50%.
MisterBastahrd 3y ago
by, not to.
- hotnfresh 3y ago
  Article reported it wrong, then?
  - MisterBastahrd 3y ago
    50% unemployment is beyond Great Depression numbers. He'd have to have a death wish if he really wanted numbers that high.

vasco 3y ago

Stop giving guys like Gurner what they want, which is for people like you to provide free marketing for him based on intentionally inflammatory comments. It's incredible how people think this is "a rich guy revealing their true colors" as if they don't know what they are doing, which is manipulating you into linking more to him.

gisely 3y ago
What exactly does he get from people linking to a video of him being crude. He's real estate CEO not a social media influencer. He might get a thrill out of being a public asshole, but it's not like he somehow profiting off his infamy.
- brucethemoose2 3y ago
  I dunno, but the rule of the era for people seems to be "controversial attention is good attention."
  - itiro 3y ago
    “No such thing as bad press.” has been a thing for a while now. PR teams peddle memes that play up character; “that persons a maverick and rebel” or “taken out of context” without ever providing the context, or retconning the clearly defined context the original comment was in response to. It’s a form of obscurantism; use money to flood airwaves with spin, exhaust people with it so they move on; it’s intentional manipulation of innate biological systems; we get tired of the same old forms of information: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mom-voice-kid-brain-teen-neuroscience https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mom-voice-kid-brain-teen... That’s not just a teen biology thing, it’s just adults get conditioned to grit and bear their daily grind or reality will implode. Anecdotally I know more people tired of their repetitive office job than in love with it. We’re stateful beings and while media does not have perfect mind control of an individual, media is good at manipulating state of the aggregate such we just start telling each other shut up when we’ve had our fill.
- deleted 3y ago
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r00fus 3y ago

Just FYI - this guy is also the "avocado toast guy" [1] - he blamed millenials' economic status on their "wasting money on avocado toast". When villains unmask, believe them. [1] https://thehustle.co/avocado-guy-goes-viral-again-and-other-weird-takes-from-the-extremely-wealthy/#:~:text=Who%20is%20this%20guy%2C%20other,recession%20and%20skyrocketing%20housing%20costs https://thehustle.co/avocado-guy-goes-viral-again-and-other-....

mcpackieh 3y ago

Since you call out American CEOs specifically, you should mention that Tim Gurner is an Australian.

0max 3y ago

Folks like Gurner are only making working folks more inclined to French proclivities like Bossnapping.