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minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up113arrow-down1·14 hours agoThere’s a lot more to unpack here then it being a car ad. “old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in” is a completely foreign concept in modern society.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·14 hours agoOn the part of the company as well. If your customer’s kids go to college, they’ll grow up to earn more money that they can spend on pointless expensive cars in the future. But we need to chop down that tree for firewood. Not because they’re cold, but because they like a nice pile of firewood.
minus-squarealekwithak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 hours agoFuture not matter, only current fiscal quarter matter.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·12 hours agoThat’s a proverb I heard many times from Russian acquaintances. Why do you hate freedom?
minus-squareOmega@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoUltra-individualism has been a disaster for mankind
There’s a lot more to unpack here then it being a car ad.
“old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in” is a completely foreign concept in modern society.
On the part of the company as well.
If your customer’s kids go to college, they’ll grow up to earn more money that they can spend on pointless expensive cars in the future.
But we need to chop down that tree for firewood. Not because they’re cold, but because they like a nice pile of firewood.
Future not matter, only current fiscal quarter matter.
That’s a proverb I heard many times from Russian acquaintances.
Why do you hate freedom?
Ultra-individualism has been a disaster for mankind