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2. Most of the businesspeople I have met are reactionary. Not all (I've actually met one real lefty in

Sun May 27, 2012, 04:27 PM

May 2012

business), but most, in my experience.

But one of the businesspeople I know who mouthed the Fox News line when he was riding high is now mouthing the opposite line since his business failed (fallout from the stock market crash).

My experience is that so long as people's lives go along as they expect, they will mouth whatever supports their worldview. It's when unexpected things happen that people actually start looking deeper, because they need to explain the failure of their worldview.

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Most businessmen shouldn't be running anything, including their own business. [View all] kentuck May 2012 OP

Merchants, Sir, Have Always Been Considered Base And Dis-Honorable Persons The Magistrate May 2012 #1

Yes Sir. kentuck May 2012 #3

They Were Classed With Actors and Prostitutes, Sir, In The Confucian Order The Magistrate May 2012 #4

And deserving of that high standing... kentuck May 2012 #6

Most of the businesspeople I have met are reactionary. Not all (I've actually met one real lefty in HiPointDem May 2012 #2

That's true, but even more importantly -- The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #5

Excellent points Ocelot! kentuck May 2012 #7

One of city's biggest auto repair shop owner super-liberal ErikJ May 2012 #8

Some of the best people I have worked with... kentuck May 2012 #9

That talking point has always disgusted me Scootaloo May 2012 #10

that meme about a businessman knowing how to run things goes way back zeemike May 2012 #11

PHBs Rule the Business World ThoughtCriminal May 2012 #12