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business | Hey everyone, I’ve recently sparked an interest in wanting to found a Logistics business. A little background, I’m a freshman in college, and the idea was planted by majoring in business and by playing the video game American Truck Simulator.
I’m learning more about business everyday, and I’m trying to apply what I’m... |
business | It works though. At one of the companies I worked for, I helped a sales rep with a dating profile since he wasn't having great luck with the platform. I emphasized the need to stress that he was a sales manager at an international medical device firm (our HQ was in Asia and all sales reps who had passed probation were ... |
business | What? This angry, bald old white man and his ridiculous beard analogy is meant to change my mind? The guy is a no body.
I mean seriously, comparing this to Nike sponsoring a terrorist? Fuck off. KP is raising awareness about injustice and police brutality. Not enforce sharia law. Why do some white people get so butt ... |
business | I'm with you. I actually got a (temporary, contract) job with Nike at the world HQ in Oregon not too long ago. One of the "not required, but strongly suggested" things is to always wear Nike footwear.
I bought a pair of $80 shoes, with the understanding that I wouldn't be wearing them more than really, the small w... |
business | Wore my Nike Vapormax everyday for the whole summer because I was always at work, my job involves me being on foot going back and forth. They got dirty, tossed them in the washer and they look good as new, no problems with them. Granted, they were $190 vs the $80 shoes you bought. If you want something to last you whil... |
business | Bought nike running shoes for 120 euro, 2 months of everyday use later the glue used had failed. Bought DC shoes for running again, 2 month later the glue had failed, same with addidas, buy shoes that were stitched together. Nikes 6.0 with a stitch have been going strong for 3 years now, my timberlands with a stitch ha... |
business | I'm not sure if you're kidding ... but:
Literally 70% of those shoes you mentioned are old models with a slight tweak.
You think that the Airmax 91 is "fresh" but the NMD's are beaten to death? It's literally a model from 1991 ... it's in the name man.
React Element is literally also a re-design of another model. It... |
business | Not the person you're replying to, but I can't help but to set some things straight:
>It's literally a different model of the react shoe
No it's not, that's like saying Yeezy Boosts are a redesign of UltraBoost. React is Nike's in-house cushioning technology/material.
I agree that Adidas' marketshare will contin... |
business | I think sneakerheads make up a relatively small amount of the market. I'm not sure how many new shoes they buy, but people hanging out in forums dedicated to a niche are probably not the only metric worth considering.
You could literally just look at market share, and see how it's dropping.
Sneaker-heads can say what... |
business | > I think sneakerheads make up a relatively small amount of the market.
I was in agreement with you until now. Brand perception is important - especially in fashion. Ultraboost was not well received by runners, let alone the fashion world when it was first released in 2015. You could walk into any retail store and ... |
business | The colabs are existing silhouettes, and they are the most desirable sneakers released in the last 2 years. Some commanding thousands.
Wotherspoons i got the name wrong. They’re 97/1 and are a new silhouette.
The rest are no less innovative than ultraboost.
NMDs are dead in that they are no longer desirable because ... |
business | When you gulp up 7% market share in 1 year you are definitely beating your competition.
It doesn't mean you will beat them next year, but you beat them this year.
If we go by your definition then nobody is beating anybody, unless they go bankrupt.
>Wotherspoons i got the name wrong. They’re 97/1 and are a new sil... |
business | >No, losing by less is not beating. Plus you’re referencing 2016 when adidas was ahead.
Actually the 7% increase was from 2016 - 2017, which I believe goes from summer > summer.
>What do you mean same as before?
A silhouette is the shape of a shoe.
If you make a B&W silhouette of the Airmax 91 and the ... |
business | Oh sorry ... I meant the Air Max 97. Didn't realize I typed it wrong. I bought a pair when they released back in the late 90s, when they were all the rage among techno fans.
But the original 97s and the Wotherspoon are the same silhouette. It's literally minor details they have altered and released as a "new" shoe, ag... |
business | Do you have any data to back that up? I work in the industry and in area(e-commerce/online retail) Nike leads adidas pretty handedly in youth. This year, Adidas has made gains and had greater growth than Nike(when looking at percentage changes), however, Overall, Nike leads Adidas by a wide margin and had greater total... |
business | Adidas has been stealing market share from Nike & Under Armor in 2015, 2016, 2017, and it seems it's continuing in 2018.
Check out Business Wars: Nike vs Adidas.
The trend definitely seems to be going towards Adidas. I'm on my phone so finding sources is difficult.
But Adidas have been way more aggressive, relea... |
business | It's a newer lineup of shoes and a generally far more "young" outlook the company has.
They are recycling shoes, focusing on comfort as well as design, and they are actually releasing new models aggressively.
The NMD 1 & 2, Ultraboost & Yeezy are some of the most popular shoes on the market, and they were all... |
business | Lol, ok...... You guys are really out in force today.
Clinton was being impeached for lying about a consensual blowjob. Unethical and shitty, and the only real crime was lying under oath about a non-crime anyway.
Regardless, the process happened....Why won't Trump go under oath about the dozens of various crimes he... |
business | >Clinton was being impeached for lying about a consensual blowjob. Unethical and shitty, and the only real crime was lying under oath about a non-crime anyway.
[What about all the other allegations?](https://www.vox.com/2016/1/6/10722580/bill-clinton-juanita-broaddrick) If you think Trump should have to answer for ... |
business | Well there is the meeting with foreign governments to accept help, there’s the using campaign funds to pay off women and not declaring them, there’s the obstruction of justice (take your pick). That’s only what public. The jawline of Justice has no leaks so god knows how much he has.
There are the multiple guilty plea... |
business | >Well there is the meeting with foreign governments to accept help, there’s the using campaign funds to pay off women and not declaring them, there’s the obstruction of justice (take your pick). That’s only what public. The jawline of Justice has no leaks so god knows how much he has.
Oh, so you're parroting this w... |
business | >Just because you say Mueller has nothing doesn’t mean it’s true. How are you possibly ignoring all the guilty pleas, indictments and sentencing already happening.
A handful of Russians running troll Facebook and Twitter Accounts. Paul Manafort doing sketchy shit in Ukraine over 10 years ago. Mike Flynn may have l... |
business | This is a business sub. We should talk about the business aspect of it.
Though Kaepernick's protest was in response to race relations, I don't think the blowback against Nike has anything to do with being racist.
Kaepernick's method of protest was seen as disrespectful to the National Anthem and the country as a who... |
business | Of course there are plenty, but that doesn't mean any of the conservative arguments against Kaepernick are valid.
There's the simple argument of, "What he's doing goes against all American principles/ law." Which is a load of horseshit because this country was built on the principles that people have freedom of speech... |
business | That's a fair question to ask.
I believe the issue comes down to "implied" vs. "inferred" protester intentions.
The protesters' implied message is that they believe a fundamental problem in how some non-white races are treated by systemic groups. For example, police violence against blacks. The protesters' intent is ... |
business | No no. You misunderstand. Valid and exist are two differently defined words. The arguments do exist and they can be valid to the people arguing them, but when you apply logic along with evidence to them, they reveal that the motives and reasoning behind them are nothing more than petty inconsistent misinterpretations o... |
business | > The well paid executives get stock options and lost 3% (as of the writing of this comment) of that value.
yes - like I say in the grand scheme of their wealth nobody (of sound mind) would lose any sleep over that
> A public company's first responsibility is a fiduciary one to its shareholders. If this doesn't... |
business | > while there's a continuous presumption that I'm worse, regardless of evidence to the contrary. "Whatever, you wouldn't know," while they're buying Nike.
>
> Fuck. That. Shit
No one has a free pass to be racist/sexist/exploitative, etc., but history shows white folks are the biggest offenders to minorities... |
business | > Kaepernick's method of protest was seen as disrespectful to the National Anthem and the country as a whole to many people (don't argue this with me because I could care less, I'm just stating why it's a bad business move).
Let's be honest here. The only reason anyone sees it as disrespectful is because Fox News ... |
business | So Kap sits at the bench during the anthem, and [one Green Beret](https://www.npr.org/2017/10/17/558390590/former-green-beret-and-nfl-player-talks-about-take-a-knee-protests) tells him that it's too disrespectful to the flag. They agree that a kneel would be a better way to go about this. Kap starts kneeling.
So now... |
business | Is he aware that it was suggested to Kaepernick by a Green Beret that kneeling was more respectful than sitting? [Because Green Beret Nate Boyer is the one who suggested it.](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/veteran-kaepernick-take-a-knee-anthem/)
>So when I talked to them, it was mutual. Me, him, and Eric Reid [s... |
business | The middle ground is you work as long as you are productive. Maybe it's 6pm. Maybe it's 10pm. If you are falling asleep and are so tired that you can't focus, you go home. It's clearly affecting his mental state as he has been saying ridiculous shit. There is also a limit to how far most employeed can push themselves. ... |
business | > Which is stupid. Because study after study has shown that working consistently long hours reduces productivity and contributes to worker attrition.
Yes, yes it is -- at least if you're not doing manual labor. But Musk has built a culture of workaholism and hopefully will come out of this with some pungent lesson... |
business | 'terrible' leader is a stretch. Some people are genuinely, truly brilliant and have incredible belief in their own vision. A lot of people just pretend to be that kind of person. Its really not that hard to spot a fake when you look at real-world accomplishments and dedication, instead of just words. Elon's words (eg. ... |
business | Engineers need to use their minds.
They can't use their minds at their full potential, their biggest asset, the thing that makes those companies work if they don't sleep well.
Same thing applies to Elon being a CEO, constantly in the public eye, constantly expected a lot from very smart people, etc. He needs to be at ... |
business | Oh, he's plenty smart, but he's not wise lately and I think it's because he's a fellow manic depressive. He usually is operating in the hypomanic range which some people can do their whole life almost. He's burning his candle at both ends with a blowtorch. He's trying to take on all comers by himself. Running mul... |
business | I'm not saying you're wrong but a lot of people, including myself, can perform fairly well without observing standard circadian rhythms. I will often sleep in 4-6 hour segments and prefer to sleep at work when I have a lot on my plate as I'm able to get restful sleep anywhere. Developing core strength and hip drive to ... |
business | I upvoted you, but that really sounds like corporate propaganda for abusing employees and not hiring enough talent. NASA certainly worked crazy hard back in the day, but I never heard of Tesla style erratic behavior from leadership. Don't remember reading that people only stuck around a couple years on average. I... |
business | I agree with you in pretty much all circumstances. But I do think that Tesla and SpaceX are different in a few regards. For one people that work there know what they will be doing. And especially in this case these are very talented people that could get a job anywhere and choose this. To be part of it, to get it on th... |
business | Hard for me to know if the management culture at those places needs to be that way or if it evolved in the mirror image of the founder. Plenty of cutting edge employers who are doing unprecedented tech work don't have this style of management. Yes, I realize that Google and Apple do the seductive approach to really s... |
business | > The old, hey, it's okay that I'm here 6 days a week for at least 10 or 12 cause they buy me lunch and dinner....
I am not explaining my point right, I think. From what I understand most of these people are very young. They do this for fun for a couple of years and then move on for jobs at companies that are more... |
business | Space X is a crap version of Boeing or Lockheed Martin.
Tesla is not profitable so he hasn’t even created an actual company there yet.
PayPal was good, but it was. A natural product of the time certainly not visionary.
He’s done big stuff, but he’s not even a glimmer of what he could have been were he an actual l... |
business | If I say in short and sweet, you need to check earlier career of Elan. He has started his career in this type of situation and created a Paypal. After selling it, he has invested for Tesla and SpaceX. And after a long drive, he is here where his team did many unrealistic things.
Innovation is never done by normal a... |
business | Anyone who could build just one company that did a fraction of the revenue that any of the companies Elon’s been directly involved with - would be considered impressive. No he’s not Jesus, Iron Man, the smartest business man who ever lived...you don’t even have to like or respect the guy.
However, to say he hasn’t acc... |
business | but ..but.. but.. they reused a rocket?
I hate this stupid line of thinking. Reusing rockets has never been an issue, the issue is that the cost of doing so makes doing it impractical. Since Space X financials are not public, I seriously doubt that Space X is able to do it.
And Tesla sending a car into space is fucki... |
business | He didn't start Tesla and it's not like he built rockets from scratch. Bezo being able to build a rocket company proved if you have enough money to throw at a problem, you can solve it. Bezos didn't need to read tons of rocket textbooks to prove he's super smart either!
If any of us had the same starting amount witho... |
business | >He didn't start Tesla
Tesla was nothing before him.
>and it's not like he built rockets from scratch. Bezo being able to build a rocket company proved if you have enough money to throw at a problem, you can solve it. Bezos didn't need to read tons of rocket textbooks to prove he's super smart either!
Bezos ... |
business | > Tesla was nothing before him.
And it still is with him. The output is laughable by even his own measure as he struggles to even hit his own arbitrary goals.
> Bezos is worth $165 billion. Musk was a failed rocket launch from going bankrupt back when SpaceX was starting out and is intimately involved in the en... |
business | >> Tesla was nothing before him.
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>And it still is with him. The output is laughable by even his own measure as he struggles to even hit his own arbitrary goals.
They pulled in $4 billion in revenue last quarter. They are far from profitable, but you're really attempting to argue they're no better off tha... |
business | The tweet is open to interpretation. I can argue that the tweet was conditional, and that was established from the start where he used the words “thinking”. Regardless of whether the funding was there or not, the implementation still hinged on the whim of his own decision, not just the state of the funding. But, that... |
business | They didn't test anything they're going to use. That is a boilerplate, not an actual Orion capsule. They needed some cheap mass to stick on top of the rocket.
Now the purpose of the Ares 1 was to launch the Orion capsule, so they were able to make their dummy payload similar to that. The Falcon Heavy will launch all k... |
business | > They pulled in $4 billion in revenue last quarter. They are far from profitable, but you're really attempting to argue they're no better off than when Musk took over? They're a globally recognized brand worth $50 billion. I'm sure you could do that in your sleep though, right? Lol
And yet 0 profit? What good is i... |
business | !00% agree with you about people's personal decision to buy or not buy.
However, you cannot be an executive of the company and put out false information leading to people think a certain action will take place. That is where Musk should be responsible for all damages. There are people who already had positions which ... |
business |
>And yet 0 profit? What good is it? I can walk down the street and find a penny and it would be more profits than Tesla has made the last 15 years. Don't worry, Tesla won't make it through the decade. It'll be a brand bought up in bankruptcy.
So you're arguing that a $50 billion dollar company that generates billi... |
business | > So you're arguing that a $50 billion dollar company that generates billions in revenue isn't better off than when Musk took over? Amazon didn't turn a profit for decades. I'm guessing you're not a businessman.
You don't need to be a businessman to understand the difference between revenue and profit. This is why ... |
business | I really like where your head is at. Instead of jumping onto negative reasons of who he is as a human, you have provided a list of very resonable and easy to follow steps that can lead any person to a negative outcome. I agree he is smart yet lacking in wisdom. I also think having a select one or two people very close ... |
business | IQ is the single greatest personality trait the correlates with success in the workplace. Measuring IQ is relatively easy and well understood compared to EQ. EQ is also difficult to measure cross culturally. IQ is not.
Some jobs will require EQ and some IQ but as a single predictor IQ is the best and accounts for some... |
business | Dude, I read this entire chain and I can only say you are terribly misguided. The government contracts with SpaceX are extremely mutually beneficial. Just look at [this](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/amp28995/study-finds-spacex-a-bargain-for-nasa/)
Also, all signs recently are p... |
business | My favorite vacation policy was a company that offered 4 weeks of vacation and unlimited sick days.
It was the most fair policy I've seen so far because if you're sick you either worked from home or didn't work at all without using your vacation, but at the same time the company also expected you to actually go on vac... |
business | Worked in one of those companies, like we didn't have no working hours, can come and leave whenever you want, and shit like that. Guess what? Wasn't paid overtime, and you always get to work overtime, and they think they can contact you whenever they want. Received mails on Saturday 3 in the morning from the boss. Ther... |
business | Yeah, it's way too saturated. In college my degree was closely tied with the audio production degree, and I'm glad I didn't go that route because everyone wants to be the next producer or audio engineer.
Anyway, we did 1 year of courses with them which was fun, and I got to learn a lot about sound design. As such, an... |
business | Yes this is most likely a sign of a problem that needs to be fixed, but most people aren’t aware of the sacrifice it takes to build a company to the levels that Elon has. Much less several. You can take problems, push them off to other people, and get a good nights rest. Or you can accept that it’s your problem, and be... |
business | I love your reply. I personally think Elon Musk is someone to look up to. I love the fact that he has such a high level of ambition and a hunger to create incredible products that change the world. If he goes home to sleep in his mansion each night, his competitors will still be up late trying to outdo him. Audi and Me... |
business | Yes, he has options. I’m not defending that he needs to sleep under a desk. At the same time, using funds to build a sleeping room is also sure to gain attention and headlines. He’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. Beyond that, I’m sure his intention is to not live in the office.
But he’s aware that his co... |
business | I’m making an assumption here based on how he used his wealth to date, but I don’t think he sees wealth the way most will. Which is material purchases and freedom. He sees it as his ability to continue building difference making companies. So rather opportunity. He may have several next companies planned that could be... |
business | I'm a former financial auditor who used to audit a pharma company so I have a bit of a different perspective. Stealing from an old post of mine that I saved:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAskReddit/comments/5s1160/why_are_medications_so_much_cheaper_in_socialist/ddclxty/?context=3
> [Drug patents only last for 20 ... |
business | The new model makes so much sense I’m surprised that it took so long to become “mainstream”. It’s absolutely bonkers for a big company to spend billions on something that may not work. Big companies also are not made for cutting edge R&D. Too much overhead.
The whole point of startups is to spread risk into small... |
business | Hi! I recall your last post too and appreciate the insight. I practice out of a primary care doctor’s office (I work on MSK injuries) and we have lunch provided by a drug/Pharma rep about 4/5 days per week. I suspect this is also coming from their marketing budget and I see a good benefit from this, as it helps the doc... |
business | UK is actually ahead, if you look at advances/capita. Japan is also way up there.
Most of those advances are paid for by the government too, also in the US.
Government subsidies/funding towards health advances & R&D are the #1 funding channel, I believe it’s 2-3x that of private entities.
The rest of the wor... |
business | If you ask me, the value of big companies is no longer worth the overhead cost. They have outsourced many of their key value adds (world wide distribution, research funding and production) The result is that a savvy small company can get their product manufactured and distributed without a huge corporation. If contract... |
business | > Because drug development is so incredibly expensive (estimated at $2.6 Billion for a successful drug, as of a 2014 study), drug companies need to file their patents very early in the process.
This is dishonest as it uses economic costs (including *opportunity costs*) and not *accounting* costs; as an auditor kno... |
business | If by expenses, you mean the grant to conduct the research, then yes. No company would be paying 2.5bil. It would be the same way we discovered nuclear energy and invented microwaves. Suddenly medicine is no longer the property of an organization which holds it for ransom against people who are dying. The cost of a pre... |
business | Companies bet based on the pay off, given the better odds and better returns, they are willing to bet more. My point is we would find more drugs if more bets were made with less money on each bet.
Large companies also favor higher up front costs, complex rules and regulations because they can afford to dedicate the d... |
business | Fashion is a high risk industry, especially for the designers. It's hard to predict demand for a new design/style product. That's why the fast fashion chains like Express can sell for much cheaper. They are building on successes of high fashion, reducing risk and increasing volume, which ultimately drives a lower price... |
business | I worked for a company that would sometimes needs to dispose of 10s of thousands of cloths.
You would be surprised at how hard it is to find a charity that can accept that kind of a donation. They'd work hard to donate everything, but they couldn't always find someone that would accept the donation. So they did thro... |
business | The rich buy anything and live lavishly so they wear what they want, the middle class buys out of season stuff on sale, and the cheaper products which mimic the trend setting rich lines. Ultimately in their head they don’t want to be associated with poor people. The poor buy whatever they can which is ultimately the mi... |
business | Not sure if it's worth replying here, but ...
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I don't think a lot of people can afford to just quit their job, unless they happen to have a better one lined up. Bills are tight, what with car payments, and wow, is it almost the first of the month again? Rent's coming up.
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So yes, no one is ... |
business | Just that people making $12/hr might have kids at home, and there's degrees of uncertainty and risk when finding a new job. What if the new job is more stressful or has less benefits than the old job? What's the turnover rate like? If this new job doesn't work, will the old job take me back? Etc.
All these questions ... |
business | That's an assumption about the value drivers though.
1) Without hourly workers, the shelves aren't stocked. No items on shleves, literally no product for shoppers to purchase. That's a pretty *pivotal* moment in the store's service.
2) What if x% of whole food customers prefer it because of the atmosphere? The suppor... |
business | Not sure what the analysis was but it was well known that Whole Foods was in big trouble and in danger of going under before the merger
"And let's not forget: Whole Foods was a mess before Amazon bought it. Same-store sales had been declining. It had closed a small number of stores and [was cutting costs](https://www.... |
business | I agree. I think it's pretty awful, and he seems like _such_ a driven person it's sad to see this meltdown happening in slow motion. I'm pretty sure it's a meltdown, and we're going to learn a lot of really fucked up things about him, his personal life, and the opportunists that are fucking him over at his various co... |
business | You're describing every major person in history, the difference is now we have the internet and social media. Can you imagine the shit that would be said about the actual Tesla or Howard Hughes? In the old days you'd work in your lab or company all day and night and maybe a few bad articles would be written about you b... |
business | I don't know that I'd go as far as to say it appears there's something that could expose them to large-scale legal troubles, but...
> Musk has never been a detail guy.
There is that.
I wouldn't say he's totally scattershot, he's not - he's incredibly smart and calculated. I'm sure he's calculated where exactly ... |
business | The problem with guys like this, as the previous responder alludes to, is that they become VERY accustomed to getting total support. Between that and the starry eyed people around them, no one is able to say hey this is NOT a good idea. This was apparently a major issue with George Lucas in his later years, with the ep... |
business | I heard that some states like Utah require a service center to be present in order to allow telsa sell the car in the state. So if there is a issue you can take it somewhere and interact with a person. The actual service stations themselves don't have to be functional b/c the cars are updated over the air and the serv... |
business | Except for those poor lost neglected Chinese orphans who make the shoes.
Actually, whatever, they didn't have anything better to do anyway and it passes the time until they can be sold into sexual slavery to the Saudis.
Dang I need to revisit my ADHD prescription, this is a conversation about the suffering of BLACK A... |
business | Nike was almost at Nestle levels of hate on Reddit for years. TIL and other subs were filled with anti-Nike posts that hit huge upvote numbers on the front page yearly, if not monthly. Now that hate is excused or ignored completely in an effort to push the most recent temporary political circlejerk.
Maybe you haven’... |
business | That’s it. The manufactured outrage coming from the Kaep campaign will be forgotten in a month, if that. That’s why this is so funny to watch. People are losing their shit, but they’ll find something else a week later to lose their shit about. Sorry, about which to lose their shit. I went to college. But that’s when co... |
business | Because it’s much harder to get a group of people to invest in funding someone’s vision before it’s an actual thing than it is if someone has the capital initially?
Do you really think someone was going to toss a couple billion on a whim at Bezos’ Blue Horizon had it not been for him having a lot of the initial fundin... |
business | That’s not how any of this works. A lot of very successful ventures have started out with an idea that no one would fund.
Where do you draw the line with a salary cap? How much is too much? And then when that becomes the ceiling, do we keep dropping it because not everyone has 100 million until we all have the exact ... |
business | Where do we draw the line? I don't know, I'm not a mathematician or a analyst, experts would have to figure out where a reasonable line is, but having no line is just ridiculous. Edit: Also, I never said pay everyone equally, I said salary cap, meaning the MAX you can make, not a minimum. We have minimum wage so the ri... |
business | The folks who like Kaepernick are rushing to buy Nike products. The folks who don't like Kaepernick will not buy Nike products when they otherwise would have.
The former materializes over the short term. The latter materializes over the long term. This surge is to be expected. Whether this was a wise move from a b... |
business | > Mike brown deserved to be shot.
How about [Philando Castile](https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/philando-castile-shooting-dashcam/index.html)?
[Patrick Harmon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Patrick_Harmon)?
[Sandra Bland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sandra_Bland)?
[Anthony Hill](https://en... |
business | Maybe he really thought that, and you're entitled to your opinion. But I'll point out that his partner at the scene doesn't agree with you. His police department didn't support him either. He was wrong and he's since been fired from the department.
He also lied about why he thought the guy was a danger. He testified ... |
business | It absolutely is a problem and our prison populations show how systemic it actually is. Just because they're not all being killed doesn't mean police conduct isn't an issue.
Chicago PD recently caught some shit for assisting in setting out a bait truck in front of a basketball court on the south side of Chicago. The p... |
business | >The vast majority of Trump's supporters are poor white Americans
I know a lot of people believe this, but personally I don't believe that it is true, nor a fair representation of well over 100 million people. My whole life I have worked around, and with small businesses, and small business owners. The majority of ... |
business | Our prison systems have more blacks because they’re committing more crimes. Just because the shoes happened to be cop’s shoes doesn’t make it not a crime.
Actions have consequences. If you really want to stop the cycle of African American imprisonment start with socioeconomics. Lack of jobs/opportunity, poverty, growi... |
business | > Our prison systems have more blacks because they’re committing more crimes
Maybe, but they're also being charged/prosecuted at an inordinate rate compared to other races. For example, bicycle related ticketing in Chicago. [The differences among neighborhoods are extreme — the majority-black and low-income communi... |
business | I’m not familiar with the discrepancy in bike ticketing. There could be lots of reason why. Racism could be one of them, could not be.
Have you ever had your shoes stolen? I have. It’s fucking annoying. Not enforcing crime laws doesn’t make crime ‘go away’ . It’s sad these kids end up in the system. The solution is t... |
business | There are a lot of families with kids that won’t be buying the shoes. Yup, lots of hard working families with kids in grade school that will look at other brands. These are the middle America folks that watch a lot of football and baseball. I live in a small town. Nobody wants anything to do with Nike at the moment. Th... |
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