Steal people's shit and show it to the world for free - that's how you build a company that sells for $1.65 billion.
There's no more fucking ethics in the world...I mean this seriously pisses me off. The pioneering force in business ethics these days is do WHATEVER IT TAKES to make it and don't get caught. Fuck anyone else and their money/property if it means making you money/successful. I'm not sure there's an industry out there anymore that this mentality is NOT plaguing.
I'm sorry but these businesses that do this shit need to be NEUTERED in order for this to ever stop. I mean take a billion dollars from me after I've made $1.65 billion dollars by screwing other people/businesses/customers and I'm still better off than before. That's punishment? I realize Viacom is one of a slew of potential lawsuits that could happen if they should succeed, but god damn, those 3 co-founders will have been living the life for a long time before there's ever any possibility they come crashing down, if that ever happens. Madoff was sentenced to LIFE in PRISON for stealing people's money to grow himself/his business basically - albeit a lot more than YouTube sold for, but still...why aren't businesses treated the same way as individuals when vast crimes have been committed that made them worlds more successful than they otherwise would have been? The business should be put to fucking sleep.
The only thing I can tell my kids when it comes time to have them is that in the long run they'll be able to live with themselves easier if they are ethical, even if they may struggle in their business and face the stress of a deteriorating economy and lord knows what else while liars, thieves, cheaters make off with the money that the ethical businesses and people should be making. Youtube founders don't have to tell their kids shit because their kids will never have to work a day in their lives.
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