Clearly your word means little, as you replied despite giving us this ultimatum.
I'm not saying anything to any of you anymore until I see you quote EXACTLY the following.
I will not submit to your ultimatum nor will I jump through hoops or rub my head and pat my tummy at the same time in order to have a conversation.
1. What does Obamacare have to do with ANYTHING, Literally ANYTHING with Net Neutrality?? And why would you assume ANYTHING regarding my view on the subject???? Mark was cited as a networking expert, in regards to a networking topic. Epic. Facepalm.
I did not give you any ultimatum or try to put words in your mouth.
It's a simple parallel. If Mr. Cuban is an expert on network businesses and thus his opinion on Net Neutrality must be taken as gospel, then all of his opinions on other topics in the area of business must also be similarly unimpeachable. Right?
Or is he just like anyone else,
fallible, even on topics which are close to his past business and life experience?
2. The way you make money in a free market is to provide more value than you consume.
In the real world, where markets aren't free, making billions usually means a healthy dose of being in the right place at the right time and knowing the right people. It also helps to be able to convince taxpayers to foot part of your bill as is extremely common for sports team owners in the form of stadium funding and tax subsidies.
An area which he seems perfectly content with Obamacare as well, taking government subsidies for giving startup workers healthcare in a way that doesn't distract the startup from its primary objectives.
3. You didn't state the quote or even state that you thought you know more than a guy that made billions in the industry that is relevant to the discussion. Since you are unable to say that you are more knowledgeable than the networking multi-billionaire, but still assert that you're right and he isn't, any further conversation with you is futile. You're done.
I've given you my response to "state the quote or else" twice now. Not going to do it.
I never said he's 100% wrong, nor did I say he's 100% right, because that's just not how the real world works. Like with most things, there's probably a kernel of truth in his complaints/criticisms. But even if he's mostly "right" that doesn't necessarily mean it's the wrong thing to do.
I do know, that I agree with
moderately. Mark Cuban has an
excellent track record of looking out for himself, and I can guarantee that whatever he says is most likely in his own personal financial self-interest. Whether those interests line up with mine or "the greater good" of society is far less clear.
I can certainly see where the mega corporations that control both media distribution and creation would have preferred the status quo, as it limits competition and allows them to preferentially push their products down the consumer's throat as well as making multi-billion dollar deals between each other than don't add any value
to the consumer at all.
Whether it's Cuban, or Buffett or Trump. Just because they've made lots of money it doesn't make them any less human and fallible than the rest of us.
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