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This statement bugged me so much, I have to respond to it again.  It's just such as plain stupid ignorant statement, I can't let it go.


You know, in other parts of the world, it's amazing, but the public actually looks at corporations as being beneficial.  They actually see the CEO as being an asset to the country by providing good paying jobs, products people want to buy, and bringing prosperity to the country.


The people of China, who lived under socialism for 50 some years, would laugh at us for our stupidity at wanting to socialize oil.  After living through a socialized economy where 1 out of every 3 people lived in poverty, a poverty that U.S. poor people couldn't even fathom, the idea that we would replicate their horror here, must be the source of great amusement for them.


But more than that... in an alternate universe, lets say we do round up the CEOs and shoot them... then what?   Now that you don't have any CEOs who know the industry, who's going to build and grow the business?  Do you know how to run an oil company?  No?  Well great, neither do I.   Do you know what happens to companies that don't have good CEOs?  They crash.  They fail.


So instead of bickering about the cost of fuel, there won't be in fuel.  Instead of crying about the price going up 5¢, which is about $1 dollar for my 20 gallon tank, only closed stations with no price listed.  Who ya going to blame then?   This is your idea of an improvement?  Darn those rich CEOs... oh wait, we shot them... now what?


It's just like Mugabe in Zimbabwe, who had the same dumb idea.  Let's go shoot the evil white rich farmers, and give the farms to all our peoples.  So the peoples ran around shooting and running off the white farmers.   Good idea!  Sounds just like our CEO plan...


Except, one minor problem.  The peoples didn't have a freking clue how to farm.  Instead of paying for food, there wasn't any food.  Darn the white rich farmers... oh wait we ran them off and killed them...  now what?  The markets empty, the food riots started, the economy was collapsing.  Now he's begging the white farmers to come back... well duh.


Oh but this brilliant plan will work here?   What is wrong with you screwed up people!  GET A CLUE!  How many times do we have to learn the same stupid lesson over and over before you stop wanting to try it again?  Does anyone on the left actually think?!


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