The Business Roundtable, a group of some 200 corporations, sign an official statement that their purpose is no longer just to produce a return for their shareholders, but to provide social justice for their employees, suppliers, communities and to the planet. In other words, business isn’t just for profits anymore — to heck with Milton Friedman. This includes addressing issues like income inequality and climate change. Has Bernie Bro-Mania succeeded without even electing the patron saint of American socialism?
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Bernie Bro-Mania: Apple, Amazon & GM Say Business Isn’t Just for Profits Anymore
The Business Roundtable, a group of some 200 corporations, sign an official statement that their purpose is no longer just to produce a return for their shareholders, but to provide social justice for their employees, suppliers, communities and to the planet.
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The Round Table group members seem to have signed on to the Agenda 21 Sustainability doctrine: pushing climate change programs, marginalizing free enterprise, raising the collective above the individual. No doubt they have been assured, or believe it to be true, that they will be the ones to rule the planet when all has fallen into place. Of course, for the masses it will mean rampant poverty, top-down control, a stifling of ingenuity and inventiveness, crowding into urban areas in public housing, and the end of our democratic republic. For a more complete explanation of this UN dream, I recommend Tom Deweese’s Sustainable: The War on Free Enterprise, Private Property, and Individuals.
I always hang up my towels in the hotels I stay at, (except when I’m checking out.) I have yet to be in a hotel that doesn’t replace them with fresh towels anyway.
I’m trying to come up with a similar line about wisdom shared similar to “pain shared is halved but happiness shared is multiplied”. Sharing these should increase their value as the wisdom is multiplied but I’m not sure how the counter, ignorance is divided. That seems perilously close to dividing by zero.
Good reference with Spinal Tap! I heard that “Sex Farm” just hit #4 on the charts in Japan!
Get woke, go broke.
As an investor, my money would never go to a company who doesn’t consider enriching it’s shareholders to be it’s primary aim. The fact that they get together to announce this (virtue signaling) and not just do it (morals) is very telling. Morality is doing the right thing when no one is watching.
I love that recycling blurb at the end!
Please remember that most of these “companies” are part of a “Parent Co.” – Gillette is a subsidiary of P&G— So The COO of Gillette does not care that they lost $8 Billion since the release of those terrible commercials… I’d can his butt in a heartbeat….just sayin’
I think the only reason they haven’t yet is the fear of the pushback and subsequent boycott by people who don’t use their products.
could be… I’m a Schick user now…. P&G on my poop list and will avoid their products when poss.. just sayin’ 😉
I bought a Double-Edged Safety Razor in 2008. Blades on line for less than $0.50 each. I change it every week and get a great shave. Splurged on a really good brush which I have had for the same 11 years. The disk of soap lasts 6 months. I will never go back to those multi-blade, expensive cartridges.
Hey… let us in on the secret…. What brand / where / how etc… Could see myself going back to the ol’ safety razor.. Brush, cup, soap.. the whole nine yards… Should work on my head too… Folic ally challenged ya know — just sayin’ 😉
Actually got mine in June of 2008 in a huge department store in Berlin (business trip). So the handle manufacturer I am not sure about. The store was Ka-De-We for those familiar with Berlin. 11 years ago I think I spent about $200 total for handle, brush (with Stand), bowl and shaving soap. A good brush will last a long time if you dry it and hand it up brush side down. The weight of the handle means you don’t press hard, less burn. The inexpensive blades mean you can change frequently to keep sharp.
The soaps I have replaced on line from The Art Of Shaving, but also from where I get my hair cut. They come in many scents and last several months. If you have an Art of Shaving Store near you, I would so an sample some brushes and handle hefts. This is a pretty personal purchase not conducive to on-line as the first try.
I am pretty sure Stephen Green is also a DE shaver from previous comments made here.
Even with the upfront cost, I know I am way ahead of the game as my yearly expense after the upfront is less than $50, even if I replace the blade every week. You can get 100 blades on Amazon for less than $15.00. A decent handle for $40. Don’t skimp on the brush. Like I said, mine has lasted 11 years. So what if it was $50.
When my godson graduated at Parris Island I got him a kit to take into field.
The routine is much more satisfying then canned cream and plastic razor.
I’m with you on the satisfaction side… I used a DE when I was younger and really enjoyed it… Thanks a ton for the info.. I’m gonna burn up my “throw-aways” and go back to a simpler time…. I believe that I can get some pretty good starter stuff here and later follow up on line… Live in a very small town, so may take some doin’…. just sayin’ — Thanks
I am in a small town/city and the men’s “salon” I go to has a decent assortment, though pricey.
I looked at Amazon and there seems to be a very good selection. Enjoy.
This is probably just the usual PR propaganda that everybody loves so much nowadays. Properly speaking, the businesses haven’t decided to support this. Unless they held a shareholder’s meeting and voted for it, it’s CEO’s shooting off their big mouths. If I was an owner and some employee told me he was going to take direction from some nebulous “stakeholders” rather than me, and he would be determining who the stakeholders are, said employee would be on a street corner selling apples by the end of the day.
These 200 companies deserve to crash and burn. I don’t own stock in any of them so all I can do is not invest in them nor buy their products.
Unfortunately, I do have an iPhone that still works and should continue to work for a few more months/years. When it finally dies, I will purchase my next cell phone from someone else. Also, unfortunately, most cell phones run either an Apple or a Google operating system. I object even more to what Google et.al. does than Apple. Hence, I don’t yet know the vendor of my next cell phone.
I retire in a few years and will own neither. I’ll get a “burn” phone for emergencies only… never did want a phone that was smarter than I am….. just sayin’
Brilliant Scott! Please recycle all of your Bill Whittle videos. It costs you nothing and spreading these messages far and wide helps save the planet!
Not only do I recycle these videos, I also rewind when I am done so that the next person starts at the beginning.
Be Kind!