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by russelluresti 3763 days ago
No one is calling out Yelp's CEO because we live in a culture that idolizes young, entrepreneurial CEOs like gods.

Steve Jobs can make billions off the backs of underpaid and abused overseas employees and intentionally avoiding paying taxes to the country that helped him succeed.

"Zuck" can run psychological experiments on his users and try to destroy net neutrality in developing countries.

But no one speaks up because they are the people we want to be, and no one wants to think the person they want to be is a bad person.

Instead, it's much easier to hop on the "millennials are entitled" train - largely because GenX (my generation) is so antisocial that any attempt to point out flaws in the system or make improvements is met with mockery, because we don't understand how to actually empathize with people.

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I think your logic is impeccable, and I think it's time we take a good hard look at the things we as a society value. You can't have your cake and eat it too ...
What, exactly, is the point of a cake you can't eat?

Such a weird metaphor. I've eaten every cake I've ever had!