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Only reason to be disappointed is if you expected something else out of capitalists....
by mempko 13y ago
Only reason to be disappointed is if you expected something else out of capitalists....
- Brakenshire 13y agoIt's not so much about capitalism, I suspect, as about becoming a public company, with a mindset which inevitably becomes centred around quarterly returns.
- wpietri 13y agoI expected them to retain some of their academic ethos. My problem isn't that I expected too much out of capitalists; I just expected them not to become pure capitalists. And here by "capitalist" I mean the current American zeitgeist's version of that term, mainly as defined by MBAs. I think there are other versions of capitalism that are much more interesting.
- Grue3 13y agoCapitalism isn't usually known for delivering subpar products. "Maximizing profits" has resulted in some incredibly functional and effective websites in the past. Google thinks stuffing them with ads and making users give away their personal data will bring them maximum profit? Well, antagonizing customers is usually not the best business strategy.