I think you're right, I'm not really understanding you. I'm trying to connect this statement, "When you're ultimate goal is profit, whether a company fails or is successful, you're in it for the wrong reasons" with this one, "I'm all for making every stink'in dime you can possibly make." You're caveat, "but don't do it at the detriment to the community, both locally and nationally," is maddenly vague. So how do those guidelines apply in the real world? Make a profit, but never fire anyone or try to make your operations more efficient... That's why I said at the beginning of this thread that it's much easier to tell what you're against than what you're for.
try taking that quote in the context it was given...
When you're ultimate goal is profit, whether a company fails or is successful, you're in it for the wrong reasons. You're employees are counting on you to have their best interests as part of the overall reasoning for success. If they're viewed as just a necessary evil that can be expunged if it's more profitable to just gut and collapse their workplace for resale, insurance money, bankruptcy...you're in it for the wrong reasons.
and then apply it to the other
'm all for making every stink'in dime you can possibly make...but don't do it at the detriment to the community, both locally and nationally. I'm against destructive capitalism, not capitalism. Capitalism that forsakes everything for the bottom line is just out of control greed, no matter how it's dressed up.
if you cannot see that he is saying the same thing in both, that out of control greed is not capitalism and it's not 'good' for anyone, then you're simply arguing for arguments sake. .. or more likely trying to get a 'a-ha' statement out of him that you can use out of context against him in the future..
