There are idiots in all sectors.

You mean they didn't send the jobs to India? Amazing they should be given a medal for that.

didn't know you were a developer. man i know and i know its bad when your "manager". has to cover his ass.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Give the guy a break. Work with him - so that he and you both are on the same team, and both understand the requirements

</business analyst - going to a BA Agile talk tomorrow >

>> ^gwiz665:

There are idiots in all sectors.

Yes, but only in the public sector do you see people take things like this and say "and this is the reason all government is incapable of doing anything right".

Just imagine if we turned the tables around on that -- I just proved that all of capitalism is hopelessly inefficient and is incapable of doing anything right.

Not only that, but it's clearly driving us down the road to serfdom as well.

Like dag said, the right answer is for me to act like an altruistic collectivist and give the guy a break (and BTW, I did), but then that's just like socialism, because I'm depriving him of the learning experience that goes with failure to carry out your responsibilities in life...

There's nothing efficient about corporations. Nothing. There's also nothing efficient about government. Nothing.

Successful small business entrepreneurs, however, are incredibly efficient. Always.

Now suck these balls.

Capitalism (minus failouts) has a way of weeding out the foolish and inefficient. Your company is filling a need for someone right now. When a leaner, more efficient company comes along...

Government is a necessary evil, and most of the time it's more evil than necessary.

>> ^blankfist:

There's nothing efficient about corporations. Nothing. There's also nothing efficient about government. Nothing.
Successful small business entrepreneurs, however, are incredibly efficient. Always.
Now suck these balls.


But yet large corporations rule the market in most established consumer sectors; why?

How do non-successful small business entrepreneurs factor into this?
>> ^quantumushroom:

Capitalism (minus failouts) has a way of weeding out the foolish and inefficient. Your company is filling a need for someone right now. When a leaner, more efficient company comes along...
Government is a necessary evil, and most of the time it's more evil than necessary.


As an example of your principal, please name IBM's last product that was profitable due to it's functionality edge over the competition.

>> ^Truckchase:

But yet large corporations rule the market in most established consumer sectors; why?
How do non-successful small business entrepreneurs factor into this?

Corporations exist because government gives them legitimacy. They also receive corporate welfare, subsidies, regulatory favors, enjoy franchise monopolies, etc. In rare occasions the government has even used eminent domain in their favor, i.e. Walmart.

So you tell me why corporations rule the marketplace and why small business entrepreneurs find it tough to compete.

>> ^blankfist:


Corporations exist because government gives them legitimacy. They also receive corporate welfare, subsidies, regulatory favors, enjoy franchise monopolies, etc. In rare occasions the government has even used eminent domain in their favor, i.e. Walmart.
So you tell me why corporations rule the marketplace and why small business entrepreneurs find it tough to compete.


Ah, absolutely true, but this bias enables those large businesses to stomp small competition out of the market with marketing and buyouts. The problem is the money in the entire system. The politicians and corporations have developed a "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" partnership. The politicians funded by these large corporations then turn around and pass legislation favorable to the corporation in question. In this environment the worker class has no control, which is what the majority are rapidly becoming. Since government rules and regulations are still somewhat under our control via the democratic process, we need to join together to take the money out of politics and then elect competent leaders. If we solely vilify government and seek to destroy its power, we'll have no way to limit the government.

We can do this now through the democratic process if we join together before it's too late. While we may hold somewhat different political beliefs, we need to put those aside for now to focus on electing leaders whose sole platform is to take the money out of politics. When our voice is restored to the nation's government we can discuss other topics further in a civil manner.

Mind you, when I say money out of politics I mean we need to vote for controls to ensure money stays out of politics indefinitely. I would propose a smartly worded constitutional amendment.

I do want to encourage innovative business management, but when large corporations can wipe up their worker's conditions and poor customer service with advertising and political bribes, we need to lower the volume to make our voices heard. Internet discussion groups like this are one of our last remaining avenues for civil discussion of this nature. Let's work together to figure out what our priorities are.