• TheEntity@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I don’t know, it sounds like the definition of a business man. Not one I’d admire, but not unlike lots of other business men.

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      11 months ago

      No, businessmen do business. Steve Jobs did business, he figured out markets, created markets based on what his business could provide. That’s actual business.

      A grifter, a con man, is not a business man, they wear the skin of one to fool people like yourself into buying into the con. Looks like it works.

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        11 months ago

        Steve Jobs also conspired with his competitors to underpay their staff. Staff as in the people that helped him do business and make billions

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        created markets based on what his business could provide.

        As much as I loathe musk, this is exactly what Starlink is. It’s a company founded solely to buy the product SpaceX is making, because other people couldn’t buy enough.

        Of course, Starlink is floating almost entirely on venture capital, but that’s how Amazon got started too.

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          Here’s the rub. Starlink is not and can not be profitable without venture capital and subsidies. It exists to funnel money away from taxpayers. It’s a con built on lies like the rest. At least some people get to benefit from this, unlike people sold overhyped cars and promises of Mars colonies, but that’s changing with price hikes and service degredations too.

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            11 months ago

            can I get a source on the math for this? I haven’t heard that before

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        11 months ago

        My evil, greedy and manipulative capitalist is better than your evil, greedy and manipulative capitalist!!!