Sure.One can lack intelligence and be wealthy. — creativesoul
No, Trump is totally not proof of that. Nor did he intentionally go bankrupt. And by the way, losing a business or two isn't abnormal for a good businessman. Even Henry Ford went bankrupt several times. It doesn't follow from that that he was dumb, or not a good businessman.Trump is proof of that. Smart business men do not go bankrupt unless done intentionally as a means to not keep their word, not pay their debts, and/or not lose their business. — creativesoul
This is false. Look, you don't know what you're talking about, and that's fine, but I can tell you for sure that dumb businessmen can absolutely not increase their wealth. Having the right people in the right places first of all requires intelligence - intelligence to choose them, get them in the right place, and intelligence to motivate them and keep them (as well as intelligence to check that they are not screwing you). Rich people have many around them who want to take their money away, or make easy money off them.Dumb business men can tremendously increase their wealth by virtue of having the right people in the right places. — creativesoul
Sure, but he inherited at most 200 million from his dad. His wealth is at least around 4 billion today. He's made more than he's lost, and he's beaten inflation - at least.It doesn't take intelligence to be lucky enough to afford multi-million dollar financial losses. — creativesoul
Look mate. It's no use if you have money to afford hiring the best talent if you (1) can't recognise that talent, (2) can't ensure that that talent is working for you and not against you, (3) can't retain that talent. These are NOT easy tasks at all. If someone gave you 1 million dollars and said do something with them, the chances are you'd lose them, and I don't think you consider yourself dumb. It's not as easy as you make it sound.It doesn't take intelligence to be lucky enough to be able to afford to hire the right people. — creativesoul
Some of them do, some of them don't. Business skill isn't the same as morality - the two are different. So there's moral good businessmen, and immoral, but skilled businessmen too.Good business men keep their word. — creativesoul
Of course he is. He verges on imbecilic.
— Wayfarer
That is your opinion, you have offered no evidence of proving that. — Agustino
This may be true, that he's not a very cultured man, but that's totally different from saying that he's dumb. He's very smart, he hasn't however applied his intelligence to such matters.Trump is notoriously uninformed. — Wayfarer
I would be skeptical of this. The real Donald Trump is probably different than what the media and his books have portrayed him to be, because remember, he's trying to build an image that sells. That speaks to the common, lazy folk, who want to hear that it's easy to achieve success. They'll pay for those books. This is an essential marketing principle that Trump has applied his whole life.'The day I realized it can be smart to be shallow was, for me, a deep experience.' — Wayfarer
This is anecdotal.The only way State Department can get him to read anything is to salt the papers they give him with references to him. — Wayfarer
Actually I think Trump is one of the most stubborn politicians - he rarely changes his mind on goals, but frequently on means of achieving them.He changes his mind continually and often shows no grasp of facts, principles or policies. — Wayfarer
The term was selected by the Oxford Dictionary as 2016 Word of the Year.
The dictionary defines “post-truth” as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”
It is similar to Frankfurt's technical use of "Bullshit" in that truth and falsehood cease to be significant. The post-truth world is the result of the ascendancy of the bullshitter, who is contrasted with the liar in that while the liar knows what is true and what is false, and knowingly speaks falsehoods, the bullshitter does not know or care for truth.
But of course truth is what is still there despite what you say about it. A post-truth world must fail. — Banno
Speaking to Mr. Xi in Berlin on Wednesday, Mrs. Merkel said tellingly: “I am delighted to be able to welcome you in a period of unrest in the world, where China and Germany can make an effort to soothe this unrest a bit and to make a somewhat quieter world out of it.” The two countries have “a comprehensive strategic partnership,” she said.
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It's not the media that's fake. It's the person occupying the office of the Presidency. — Wayfarer
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