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the point you are misisng is the succes is selection process not a talent process random thoughts Send a noteboard - 13/10/2017 02:22:04 PM

If I was selected to be CEO of Microsoft I am sure I could get very rich and as long as I didn't make wild decisions to much the company it would probably be successful and continue truck loads of money. It would have little to do with my merit though everything to with the system I benefited from.

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Weinstein - I've long had this theory... aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 03:31:11 PM 1054 Views
I love the Hillary outrage. Like her husband isn't just as bad. *NM* random thoughts - 12/10/2017 03:42:18 PM 314 Views
Re: I love the Hillary outrage. Like her husband isn't just as bad. random thoughts - 12/10/2017 03:49:07 PM 570 Views
Just because he drugged and raped a 13 year old he doesn't deserve an Oscar? aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 04:01:19 PM 637 Views
that is some wishfull thinking random thoughts - 12/10/2017 04:36:31 PM 612 Views
umm... sure. aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 04:50:37 PM 549 Views
Not saying the are wrong to speak out but I alsoi hear there is corruption on Washington random thoughts - 12/10/2017 06:53:51 PM 600 Views
I think she has to be very careful aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 03:53:00 PM 575 Views
Replied in wrong place. *NM* LiterateDog - 12/10/2017 06:20:38 PM 300 Views
I love the Hillary outrage...like she didn't know. Weinstein's money is attractive. *NM* Jeordam - 12/10/2017 07:20:52 PM 318 Views
Look at Silicon Valley Tom - 12/10/2017 04:32:22 PM 575 Views
But what is the cause, and what is the effect? aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 04:43:10 PM 629 Views
I think it's a lot more complicated Tom - 12/10/2017 06:43:56 PM 647 Views
I think we agree it's complicated aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 07:07:08 PM 612 Views
that is the problem with easy wealth. Deep down you know you just got lucky random thoughts - 12/10/2017 06:56:17 PM 617 Views
You also assume everyone else with wealth just got lucky if you got rich that way Tom - 20/10/2017 07:01:55 PM 537 Views
I've often thought of lot of their leftism/anti-capitalism is based on guilt. LiterateDog - 12/10/2017 06:21:39 PM 633 Views
Weinstein was a virtue signaller aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 06:59:13 PM 621 Views
The music industry is just as bad random thoughts - 12/10/2017 06:59:34 PM 627 Views
Really it is worse, much much worse. HyogaRott - 20/10/2017 05:55:15 PM 575 Views
Seems to me there's a rather more obvious explanation. Legolas - 12/10/2017 07:33:58 PM 701 Views
I prefer the artsie all emotion no reasoning explanation *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2017 02:09:45 PM 320 Views
You're pretty amazingly optimistic about how meritocratic capitalism is. Legolas - 12/10/2017 07:18:38 PM 567 Views
wut? aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 09:57:09 PM 604 Views
Movies are similar to start-ups AgentApple - 12/10/2017 10:26:05 PM 618 Views
A question for the ages that has an answer: aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 03:09:29 PM 603 Views
Hm. You're completely misunderstanding my post. Legolas - 12/10/2017 11:09:11 PM 626 Views
the point you are misisng is the succes is selection process not a talent process random thoughts - 13/10/2017 02:22:04 PM 589 Views
I think you're making this up aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 03:03:18 PM 595 Views
Uh, the two sentences from your post that I quoted? Legolas - 13/10/2017 07:24:58 PM 639 Views
The two sentences you quoted don't say anything positive about capitalism aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 08:12:49 PM 554 Views
What actual point would that be, then? Legolas - 13/10/2017 11:55:56 PM 605 Views
People move to LA, scrape by on nearly nothing for years, aerocontrols - 14/10/2017 12:17:00 AM 643 Views
Right. Yeah, I think we've both wasted more than enough of our time on this then. *NM* Legolas - 14/10/2017 12:39:29 AM 271 Views
You're amazingly ignorant of what capitalism consists. Cannoli - 12/10/2017 11:15:51 PM 684 Views
absolutely damookster - 13/10/2017 05:09:40 PM 723 Views
Isn't that likely the future of teaching? aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 05:43:15 PM 700 Views
Could be damookster - 13/10/2017 06:05:42 PM 654 Views
Funnily enough, we seem to agree on most points. Here was me thinking I wrote in plain English... *NM* Legolas - 13/10/2017 07:29:15 PM 315 Views
There seemed to be an implication that there's something wrong with it, or that more is expected *NM* Cannoli - 14/10/2017 06:08:59 AM 312 Views
Not even close. It is control environment where success is bestowed random thoughts - 13/10/2017 02:16:09 PM 741 Views
See, if it were communism, everybody working on a movie would get paid the same. Legolas - 13/10/2017 07:41:18 PM 679 Views
are talked communism in theory or practice? random thoughts - 17/10/2017 03:36:59 AM 640 Views
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