Andrea Mitchell and Her Bag of Quarters

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4. It was a very successful company!

And there's only one measure of success in Andrea's world, and if you're not fabulously wealthy like she and her pals are, well, fuck you, that's why.

The question posed at Kos is appropriate, and doesn't seem to be getting asked: Bain Capital made money when their tactics worked and the company they took over became more successful. Bain Capital also made money when the company they took over soon ceased to exist, and all its workers joined the ranks of the unemployed. I don't think anyone cavils at the first proposition. But why did Bain Capital realize a profit when it destroyed something, too? Shouldn't they have lost money when their deal didn't pan out? Isn't that the way it's supposed to work?