Famed Yale business guru Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said America’s top tycoons are freaked out by Trump’s ‘Maoist’ MAGA movement — despite some executives’ ‘Dear Leader’ praise in public
I’m always impressed by the level of effort people will put into mental and rhetorical gymnastics to avoid admitting they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about rather than putting half that effort into actually studying the thing they’re talking about.
You wouldn’t have to play these games if you just read a fucking book.
Agreed. Basic English “substantially similar” and “exactly the same” are two wildly different concepts and definitions. You missed the point and now you’re bending over backwards to try to dig yourself out of the idiot hole you’ve dug for yourself.
No one is playing games and moreover if we were and you’re this annoyed then maybe you should stop playing take your ball and go home like a big boy.
And you think you have the high ground to pass moral judgement on others, strangers in fact. So perhaps there are 3 that should reflect on their actions then huh?
I’m genuinely curious if you really believe that they were never arguing that Trump was a Maoist, as they’re now suggesting. Like when you read where they said:
I’m not trying to be mean but how in practice is this substantially different than Maoism?
They may sell it to you in a different package but the contents are essentially the same and I’d argue the result would be largely the same.
So in practice they aren’t functionally different
Have I actually “misread” or “misinterpreted” that? What other interpretation exists?
They’re just playing games and acting coy because they know they can’t actually defend what they said. It’s clear bad faith, and I tend to react with hostility towards that. They’re just good enough at operating in bad faith to muddy the waters.
I’m always impressed by the level of effort people will put into mental and rhetorical gymnastics to avoid admitting they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about rather than putting half that effort into actually studying the thing they’re talking about.
You wouldn’t have to play these games if you just read a fucking book.
Agreed. Basic English “substantially similar” and “exactly the same” are two wildly different concepts and definitions. You missed the point and now you’re bending over backwards to try to dig yourself out of the idiot hole you’ve dug for yourself.
No one is playing games and moreover if we were and you’re this annoyed then maybe you should stop playing take your ball and go home like a big boy.
Live in ignorance then. Bye.
A saying you live by I’m quite sure.
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And you think you have the high ground to pass moral judgement on others, strangers in fact. So perhaps there are 3 that should reflect on their actions then huh?
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I’m genuinely curious if you really believe that they were never arguing that Trump was a Maoist, as they’re now suggesting. Like when you read where they said:
Have I actually “misread” or “misinterpreted” that? What other interpretation exists?
They’re just playing games and acting coy because they know they can’t actually defend what they said. It’s clear bad faith, and I tend to react with hostility towards that. They’re just good enough at operating in bad faith to muddy the waters.
I realize now how uninterested I am in involving myself here and have deleted my comments. Good luck to both of you.