> The suit included a screenshot of an August 2015 email Mr. Rubin sent to one woman. “You will be happy being taken care of,” he wrote. “Being owned is kinda like you are my property, and I can loan you to other people.”
Fools are easily separated from their money, but my ethics prevent me from taking advantage of those fools
Save 50% of your salary for 20 years, invest at even a mediocre rate and you will be a multimillionaire and able to retire on a 6 figure income for the rest of your life.
The difference between you the vast majority of the self made wealthy isn’t ethics, it’s drive, ambition, and the willingness to forgo luxuries.
such as?
If you exclude illegal acts, i cannot think of what unethical, but high demand goods/services there are that are currently under-served. Gambling, prostitution and other such vices? All highly competitive.
The hologram bracelet and other similar 'products' are unethical.
As for this article and OnlyFans. I don't see a problem with selling nudes (although some people might), but what I gives me pause is the analysis that the 'fans' think they're buying intimacy and friendship. If that is the case, this is highly unethical unless you actually provide some sort of a real human relationship (which of course would not scale very well).
For example I find Loot Boxes to be a highly predatory and unethical way of monetization in gaming yet they are legal, I also find it completely ethical for a person to grow a certain plant in their home garden but it is illegal...
yes, in some sense. when they differ, i would choose to make (or lobby for) what is unethical also illegal.
dislike is very different from unethical.
Dislike is my taste - other people could have different tastes.
Unethical is defined by me as actions that "if everybody did it, society would collapse".
It is always a sad reminder than humor and sarcasm really are dead in the world, I miss the mid 90's internet more and more every year....
In reality i do pretty good terms of my income and assets because i do provide value people are willing to pay for.
The bigger question is why my sarcastic comment seems to have struck a nerve with many people...
The question is why so many people are perpetually outraged or offended and attempt to fine offense at every turn, every comment, every interaction.
Victim Mentality is at a all time high in human society and it is not a good thing
People drop hundreds and thousands of dollars on in-game coins. There is a lot more money floating around than you realize.