"You win with People"
Hey Folks -
Woody Hayes said, “You win with people.”
Whatever faults or weaknesses Woody displayed, he wasn’t a businessman. He cared about his players and staff, his university, city, state, and nation. And he won – with people . . . WITH the people, bringing honor to all those people along with what he brought upon himself.
Business wins with people, too – but in a very different way. Businesses care only about profit, and are not interested in sharing that profit with its workers, community, nation - only themselves and their stockholders. Capitalism is based on selfishness. Don’t take my word for it. Check with Libertarian Ayn Rand; she developed a whole philosophy justifying selfishness and personal greed.
Business wins by squeezing and abusing people.
The whole idea of capitalism is the accumulation of personal wealth. It is common to hear “we have to compete,” a slogan that makes running competitors out of business a positive goal. If people are harmed by that, “Hey! it’s just the Market - life’s not fair.”
Granted, if one accepts capitalism and business as the foundation of social/political life, then that all makes sense. However, this country - we are assured - is supposedly built upon different foundations.
We are not taught it’s a government of business, by business, and for business. The US Constitution does not start “We the businesses.” We are not taught to do unto others before they do it to us. Yet, our culture, run by business interests, saturates us with the view that crushing competitors is laudable, that closing factories is an amoral act requiring no justification, that blackmailing communities into subsidizing businesses with tax abatements is “just business,” that sending jobs overseas helps domestic workers, and on and on.
We all know who runs things. It sure isn’t the People; it isn’t the Constitution; it isn’t Jesus.
It’s business.
It isn’t good for workers, cities, nations, or the world. It isn’t honorable, or ethical, or moral. And it isn’t Woody Hayes.
It’s just business.
- Uke Man
Woody Hayes said, “You win with people.”
Whatever faults or weaknesses Woody displayed, he wasn’t a businessman. He cared about his players and staff, his university, city, state, and nation. And he won – with people . . . WITH the people, bringing honor to all those people along with what he brought upon himself.
Business wins with people, too – but in a very different way. Businesses care only about profit, and are not interested in sharing that profit with its workers, community, nation - only themselves and their stockholders. Capitalism is based on selfishness. Don’t take my word for it. Check with Libertarian Ayn Rand; she developed a whole philosophy justifying selfishness and personal greed.
Business wins by squeezing and abusing people.
The whole idea of capitalism is the accumulation of personal wealth. It is common to hear “we have to compete,” a slogan that makes running competitors out of business a positive goal. If people are harmed by that, “Hey! it’s just the Market - life’s not fair.”
Granted, if one accepts capitalism and business as the foundation of social/political life, then that all makes sense. However, this country - we are assured - is supposedly built upon different foundations.
We are not taught it’s a government of business, by business, and for business. The US Constitution does not start “We the businesses.” We are not taught to do unto others before they do it to us. Yet, our culture, run by business interests, saturates us with the view that crushing competitors is laudable, that closing factories is an amoral act requiring no justification, that blackmailing communities into subsidizing businesses with tax abatements is “just business,” that sending jobs overseas helps domestic workers, and on and on.
We all know who runs things. It sure isn’t the People; it isn’t the Constitution; it isn’t Jesus.
It’s business.
It isn’t good for workers, cities, nations, or the world. It isn’t honorable, or ethical, or moral. And it isn’t Woody Hayes.
It’s just business.
- Uke Man
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