Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First

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The Onion:

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First
5/28/20 2:01PM

MINNEAPOLIS—Calling for a more measured way to express opposition to police brutality, critics slammed demonstrators Thursday for recklessly looting businesses without forming a private equity firm first. “Look, we all have the right to protest, but that doesn’t mean you can just rush in and destroy any business without gathering a group of clandestine investors to purchase it at a severely reduced price and slowly bleed it to death,” said Facebook commenter Amy Mulrain, echoing the sentiments of detractors nationwide who blasted the demonstrators for not hiring a consultant group to take stock of a struggling company’s assets before plundering. “I understand that people are angry, but they shouldn’t just endanger businesses without even a thought to enriching themselves through leveraged buyouts and across-the-board terminations. It’s disgusting to put workers at risk by looting. You do it by chipping away at their health benefits and eventually laying them off. There’s a right way and wrong way to do this.” At press time, critics recommended that protestors hold law enforcement accountable by simply purchasing the Minneapolis police department from taxpayers.

https://www.theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351

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1. I love the Onion

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2. ha!

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3. Truthy!

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4. "There's a right way and wrong way to do this." Onion nails it. K&R for visibility.