• applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    yup pretty much every time ive met someone from the c-suite at a company, and especially CEOs. every single one of them that i have met have given me major ick vibes. like they dont see the people who work for them as human.

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      A chunk of CEOs are sociopaths, and they’re all certainly some form of dictator. Either way, they all are completely divorced from the consequences of their decisions with the only exceptions being their ability to be profitable and maintain a favorable image. Piss off other rich people and you’re done.

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      Some places you feel it physically when the office doors open. One company, literally the evilest of all, I was in their building meeting with another company who was a tenant, and you felt in the fucking lobby downstairs.

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      from what i gleamed from the files, Epstein suppossedly had a rule about waiting till a girl had her 1st period before raping them…he was disgusted with Trump for not having such a rule

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    I’ve been disappointed watching billionaires discuss the evils of Donald and Epstein and, presumably having some very intimate knowledge of the two and their crimes (in Gates’ case via her former marriage), and still opt not to disclose it to the public.

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      That’s a good question and I wonder how aware of his exhusband’s fast “friendship” and the fact he was a guest to his island nyc subsidiary in multiple occasions, because their divorce came quickly after the revelation.

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        14 hours ago

        For the record, Gates did NOT go to the island, ever. Not even once.

        He was a frequent guest at Epstein’s Manhattan penthouse, but never the island. He refuses to say why he never went to the island, other than saying it’s not for him. It is rumored he caught an STD from someone at the penthouse.

        None of this excuses Gates, since he clearly associated with Epstein. Just correcting the record on a detail.

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        18 hours ago

        It was a rhetorical question. I know she said that about Epstein, but what about her husband who socialised with him plus the business practises at Microsoft

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          I am sure she was fine with it because she married him and grew rich off his unethical business practices. She got what she wanted.

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            Yeah, I don’t quite understand why or how we try to give the wives of these evil megalomaniac billionaires a free pass.

            They are either complicit, helping them to be evil megalomaniac billionaires, or they simply do not care what the evil megalomaniac billionaires do as long as they get to live the rich life.

            • The reason is sexism.

              Either people believe the wives to be innocent because something something men suck women are the best and can do no wrong unlike evil men,

              Or

              People believe the wives re innocent becausw they think the women too dumb to know what was going on or too disinterested to find out.

              Both are sexist bullshit pushed by people who don’t understand the rich are all in it together, and are all opposed to being held accountable by the poors

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      13 hours ago

      You’re being dismissive. She has a degree in computer science and worked as a product manager. I’m sure this had less relevance in her financial success than her gender, though.

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        I apologize that my comment seemed callous. I didn’t mean to diminish any of her accomplishments or skills. I was just merely repeating a common trope. I’m sorry if what I said was offensive.

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          I dont think the overall sentiment is wrong, just that she needed different skills, and perhaps more education, to catch Bill’s interest.