Quote (crosspawz @ May 20 2026 05:14pm)

This man fails at everything

Quote (SBD @ May 20 2026 12:57pm)

"Regardless of ethics, its still a success story"

Brother, no wonder the wealth gap is what it is in the USA and fraud runs rampant as your elected officials in congress enrich themselves when this is the attitude.

Billionaire worship chasing that American dream baby.

You guys are going to live in dynamic pricing hell where you don't own a single thing and pay a subscription for air. Might be unethical but those are all really good ideas that lead to a success story, aka making money.

2077 grows near.

Water should be a real interesting one. We have already seen some capitalization on limited resources in places like Cali with the Resnick's. Just wait until its across America. 1 shower a week but fuck it , its a success story for the billionaire that holds the resoviors!

Quote (Coerce @ May 20 2026 12:27pm)

Nothing you said actually adresses my point. In fact almost everything you said I agree with. Regardless your rant here, my point still stands, OP cannot make the claim he "fails at everything."

Contend with the actual argument, not what you assume my position is on ethics.

Quote (SBD @ May 20 2026 02:10pm)

I already did contend with the argument in my first post. There's no need to reiterate what I already said. Fair to say ethics mean little to anyone who would say well regardless of them, he made money so that's a success and it's that attitude of billionaire worship that is going to destroy what little consumer protection laws are already in place. That man has already taken aim at consumer protection, undoubtedly for donors. I don't think anyone should be touting success as someone who circumvents ethics these days given the current ships course.

Quote (Coerce @ May 20 2026 01:27pm)

Nothing you said actually adresses my point. In fact almost everything you said I agree with. Regardless your rant here, my point still stands, OP cannot make the claim he "fails at everything."

Contend with the actual argument, not what you assume my position is on ethics.

Quote (MildSambal @ May 20 2026 04:20pm)

The President by constitutional oath is expected to prioritize serving all citizens, not just himself and his friends/family

He has failed at everything from that standpoint

Quote (Coerce @ May 20 2026 04:22pm)

There you go, we can compartmentalize. The original topic listed businesses, which is why the focus was on capitalism. But even in that context, saying he "fails at everything" is categorically false.

If people wanted to argue ethics/policies, sure. I'd probably agree with them. The difference is I don't let my emotions say such nonsense like OP did.

Quote (MildSambal @ May 20 2026 04:31pm)

is grifting business success or is it willful fraud? I guess it's both... let's just not ignore the ugly side of it or idealize it