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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by whatshisface on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:45PM (#16218028)
Sure, but if nobody in your country wants to conquer the world then the others will never reap the benefits of someone having conquered a piece of it.
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by llukas on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:44PM (#16218596)
How they'd reap the benefits if big corps and rich individuals do not pay their share of taxes?

SF locals that are priced out of their city would have likely different opinion.

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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by whatshisface on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:38PM (#16218973)
You have to strike a balance. If there's no personal ambition then there's no wealth to redistribute. If there's no fairness then one person takes everything and the whole thing stops. To that end, why shouldn't people fully invest themselves in their role? Expecting CEOs to manage social fairness would be a massive conflict of interest - so we should probably expect other people to keep tabs on that.
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by llukas on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @01:44AM (#16220848)
CEO's already manage social fairness. Just look at lobbying efforts.
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by coldtea on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:21PM (#16218371)
No, but they'll reap the benefits of being decent people.
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by Cyph0n on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:18PM (#16218838)
I don't follow. So if your company "conquers" the world, everyone associated with it is an "indecent" person?
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by coldtea on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @09:28AM (#16222899)
Statistically yes. Though, not "everyone associated with it", mostly the top dogs.
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