• GarbageShoot [he/him]English
      15•11 months ago

      This is ironically a poor sales pitch, unless you believe that networking, marketing, and familial wealth should be what orders society.

      And I never said that 250k was all they had, and in fact being able to throw that much money at something is going to be less and less of a concern the more money you have, though I don’t think his family was “poor as hell” to start with. Unfortunately for this point, their finances at the time are not publicized that I can find.

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]English
          26•11 months ago

          It’s all part of how society works.

          I said should, not does.

          But he didn’t steal profits.

          Back then, he used a considerable amount of money to run at a loss. Nowadays, he does steal a remarkable level of profits in the unpaid wages of the employees who keep winding up in the news for being forced to piss in bottles or drive to work in a hurricane.