Get WOKE, go BROKE

[modestobulldog]

10 minutes ago, AndroidAggie said:

Disruption of corporations is a good thing 

It means the free market is working 

It depends, I would agree as related to healthy competition and innovation, but disagree when governments pick winners and losers.  A good example was NASA opening up competition, Space X is schooling Boeing.  More disruption is needed, particularly in Government and Government funded endeavors. We have a thread about disruption in higher education, and some intelligent people on this board are closed minded to change.  

[toonkee]

25 minutes ago, AndroidAggie said:

Disruption of corporations is a good thing 

It means the free market is working 

"We want free markets but not these ones where the consumer has so much power.”

"Peaceful protesting is great and all but not like that.”

 

[modestobulldog]

7 minutes ago, toonkee said:

"We want free markets but not these ones where the consumer has so much power.”

"Peaceful protesting is great and all but not like that.”

 

That ad is going to go down as one of the most idiotic of all time.

[SJSUMFA2013]

2 hours ago, bornontheblue said:

Try going without goods or services a corporation produces for any length of time- You will be miserable. The reason Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Exxon etc all have billions of dollars in assets is because society places a high amount of value in what they produce. 

Sounds like extortion

[youngredbullfan]

Not buying Gillette is cancel culture. Just despicable. What is this country turning into? 

[renoskier]

19 hours ago, SJSUMFA2013 said:

I don’t give a +++++ about corporations. I hope they all go belly up. They provide nothing of value to society. CEOs are the real welfare queens. 

Why do you feel this way? Is it all corporations or just ones of a certain size. Most businesses, big and small, are incorporated.

[bornontheblue]

3 hours ago, SJSUMFA2013 said:

Sounds like extortion

No, that is the great thing about capitalism! The consumer is more empowered than in any other economic system. If Ford and Dodge build junk vehicles they can reward companies that offer a better value Like Toyota. Consumer wins! This is Why socialism would be an absolute disaster. It takes power away from common people like you and me. 

[happycamper]

19 hours ago, #1Stunner said:

^^^ Text Book example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

Obviously you do not understand anything about corporations, or what value they provide to society.   Yet you make broad, misinformed statements on the topic.

 

Stunner, what do you think the dunning Kruger effect is?

On 7/25/2020 at 2:20 PM, modestobulldog said:

Shaving away profits: Gillette cut by $8B loss after 'toxic masculinity' ad.

Many consumers now believe Gillette is “the [worst] a man can get,” after running its “toxic masculinity” commercial berating men as too manly and as sexist bullies and rapists as part of its social justice campaign in the wake of the #MeToo movement, costing the Proctor & Gamble’s personal product division $8 billion after the ad aired in the beginning of the year.

https://onenewsnow.com/business/2019/08/02/gillette-cut-by-8b-loss-after-toxic-masculinity-ad

 

Yeah I think Harry's and dollar shave club had more to do with that than an ad

[DestinFlPackfan]

4 hours ago, happycamper said:

Stunner, what do you think the dunning Kruger effect is?

Yeah I think Harry's and dollar shave club had more to do with that than an ad

I buy Harry 's products. Not because Gillette offended me....I'm too much of a man for that nonsense . I like Harry's products. 

[happycamper]

1 minute ago, DestinFlPackfan said:

I buy Harry 's products. Not because Gillette offended me....I'm too much of a man for that nonsense . I like Harry's products. 

I do too. The razors are just better. Stay sharper longer,  less burn.

[toonkee]

7 hours ago, bornontheblue said:

No, that is the great thing about capitalism! The consumer is more empowered than in any other economic system. If Ford and Dodge build junk vehicles they can reward companies that offer a better value Like Toyota. Consumer wins! This is Why socialism would be an absolute disaster. It takes power away from common people like you and me. 

Where's Alexander Hamilton when you need him?

[halfmanhalfbronco]

IIRC the shaving cream commercial during the Super Bowl was basically "teach your boys not to bully and be mindful that not all girls like to be cat called".  Right?

The horror.

[tspoke]

2 hours ago, halfmanhalfbronco said:

IIRC the shaving cream commercial during the Super Bowl was basically "teach your boys not to bully and be mindful that not all girls like to be cat called".  Right?

The horror.

It was a good commercial.