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by billyjobob 4589 days ago
You could say the same about almost anyone who runs a large corporation or government. The desire for wealth and power is inversely proportionate to moral rectitude. Douglas Adams wrote: It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

If Zuckerberg had been a nice guy Facebook wouldn't be where it is today. You might think: "Steve Jobs didn't need to park his Ferrari in handicapped spaces for Apple to be successful. Surely he could have built a business without shouting at his staff and stealing from his friends." But the truth is if he wasn't the sort of asshole who parks in handicapped spaces, Apple would have disappeared decades ago.

I'm sure there are some good people gaining success in the capitalist system, and maybe even hoping to change the system from the inside, which seems to be what this article is advocating. But most see it's a cesspool and stay the hell out of it.