WildPalmTree

joined 2 years ago
[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The inclusion of "found" indicates that it is important to the action taken by Google, would be my interpretation.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Tax transfers to those countries to the ever-loving-shit degree. Want to move money to this tax paradise? Sure. We take 90%. Not on profit. On transfer. Let's see them work around that. Want to move it to a country that doesn't have the same rules? Sure. We take 90% of that.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe there isn't one....

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The word "legitimate" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, bro.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

True. But many people can justify it ethically.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If ever there was a chance....

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If he did it for free, his words might have weight. Might.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Sence is one thing. Right/correct/true is another. The difference is important.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same for me. He seemed so... Honest. He walked that line between left and right, not siding. It made me think, "this is a genuine guy". Fuck me, I guess. Truly affected me more than most things lately. I realise that makes me sound cold, given recent events, but it did. Again, fuck me, I guess.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure quite how it relates to what I said. Maybe we are looking at the word risk differently. Let me give an easy example that shows what I think normally is hidden because of complexity.

Five CEOs are faced with the same opportunity to invest heavily in a make or break deal. They either succeed or they go bus, iif they do it. This investment, for one reason or another, only have one winner (because we are simplifying a complex real world problem). All five CEOs invest, four go bust and one wins big. In this simplified example, the one winning CEO would be seen as a great CEO. After all, he did great. The reasonable decision would have been to not invest, but that doesn't make you a great CEO that can move on to better, greener jobs or cash out huge bonuses. No-one remembers the reasonable CEO that made expected gains without unneeded risks.

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