tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post1815029302981090709..comments2024-01-31T16:23:51.283-07:00Comments on Keye Commentary: The Business of BusinessJames Keyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059210373687674369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-89963962539175869562011-06-24T11:26:25.832-06:002011-06-24T11:26:25.832-06:00Anonymous,
I have told this unflattering and emba...Anonymous,<br /><br />I have told this unflattering and embarrassing story to offer the idea that quite ordinary and essentially innocent actions can put, by chance, almost anyone in the way of the unscrupulous. Also, the questions at the end are not rhetorical. <br /><br />I understand your primary answer, that there are simply a significant number of weak-minded and functionally mean-spirited people who both initiate mistreatment of others or who will, without much inducement, support such mistreatment. I do not disagree.<br /><br />But I am suggesting that such behavior is institutionalized in much of what we call business, that the combative model is shot through business like the supporting framework of a building – not seen so clearly on the surface – and is really an important part of its operating plumbing.<br /><br />If this is the case, then many of the suggested ameliorations for our social and economic ills are just foolish banners hung over the deeper issues of concern that must be understood and challenged.James Keyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059210373687674369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-47020295472840094242011-06-23T21:54:09.728-06:002011-06-23T21:54:09.728-06:00Hmmm. For the record, it's not as well-organiz...Hmmm. For the record, it's not as well-organized or thought out as you assume. It's actually an act of desperation by people who are ruthless, cunning and vengeful, but it's not smart.<br /><br />Most of these kinds of attack upon personal integrity are all the same. It's casting their vile seed upon the waters and do it often enough to garner support.<br /><br />It is this support which makes it "real" to you. Stupid people will quickly join the crusade for reasons I won't get into. They keep it alive and promote it.<br /><br />You'd be surprised at how haphazard this social network actually is, the one you perceived as well-thought and organized. This is very unlikely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739713151901293558.post-5577765192020377042011-06-22T14:22:56.415-06:002011-06-22T14:22:56.415-06:00"The secret of great fortunes without apparen..."The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done."Michael Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353560855423670828noreply@blogger.com