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repeekadtoday at 6:49 AM3 repliesview on HN

This only changes whether you are naive enough to believe “honest” business means anything in today’s age. If anything, I worry being honest is holding back smart people who try to compete in a rigged game.


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sphtoday at 9:50 AM

There's two ways to read my comment. I believe you read it along the lines of "you need to be rich to start a business".

What I meant was that if you're rich you don't need any trade school or to run a business, you can just sit on your ass living off interest from capital. Only "poor" people need to work for a living.

sscaryterrytoday at 10:18 AM

Honesty is a big problem today. I'd rather live with myself, knowing I didn't screw anyone...

embedding-shapetoday at 7:01 AM

> you are naive enough to believe “honest” business means anything in today’s age

Might be that these people are from outside the US as well, where things like "honest business" is very much possible today, probably most businesses I interact with AFK on a daily business are "honest businesses".