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is it because we invent everything, or is it something else? are there a bunch of companies founded by women and people of color that have white male CEO's? this faux argument has always baffled me.
I manage 18 people. That's not a big deal to some of you, nor does it put me in the realm of CEAnything.
But I got put here. Not because of ma what aghghgass. Rather, because my boss trusted me and only me to put up with his garbage and he thought I'd be loyal to him and blah blah blah.
But that's not why I was promoted to the Assistant Superintendent. It was because nobody else had the balls to do it but me. I didn't want to do it because I knew it would suck and it does. But the chedda, that kinda nice every 1st of the month.
Because they have the smarts and brains to do it. Women get all emotional and let the title go to their head. People of color tend to think with their hormones and that just gets everything screwed up. White males think about the money, how to make it and how to keep it going. They also know how to play the political side too. That’s just how it is. It ain’t my game. I tend to give my money away as soon as I make it.
...1 example. Europeans created wooden ships that were capable of crossing the open oceans 500+ years ago...Interesting that the continents of Asia...never built ocean worthy sailing ships...
I think I'll just leave this here, without comment:
is it because we invent everything, or is it something else? are there a bunch of companies founded by women and people of color that have white male CEO's? this faux argument has always baffled me.
Because they are literate, can do Math and actually graduated from college with a degree.
I always looked for the top doctors, dentists, surgeons in the area when I needed one. And they all turned out to be white males. Oh except one surgeon was an Asian lady, a famous surgeon in her field. But her whole demeanor, the way she talks, interacts, it's as if she's a white man trapped in an Asian woman's body.
It's a combination of cultural expectations and skills. Put those together and white men are the "safe choice".
This is for purely management CEOs (non-founders) who take over existing organizations.
Why white men found more companies, and later lead them, is a different topic but would lean much more on the skills side than the cultural expectations side.
Right, not all Chevrolets are Corvettes, but all Corvettes are Chevrolets.
However, in the context of the thread, it's essentially a distinction without a difference because we are discussing a killer instinct paired with an extreme indifference for the welfare of others.
There is scholarly debate about the actual size of the ship. It seems that the size of the ships was drastically overstated. Either way, good for the Asians that created those ships.
I'll just leave this here and you can make of it what you will:
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Xin’s main reasons for concluding that the ships could not have been this size
are listed briefly here;
he asserted that there is a natural limit to the size of a wooden ocean-going ship of
about 7,000 tons displacement. Ships of the dimensions given in the Ming shi
would have been 15,000–20,000 tons according to his calculations, and thus
would have far exceeded this limit.
even with the benefit of
modern technology it would be difficult to manufacture a wooden ship of 10,000
tons, let alone one that was 1½–2 times that size. It was only when ships began
to be built of iron in the 1860s that they could exceed 10,000 tons.
A ship of these dimensions
would also need masts that were 100 metres tall. For these, several
timbers would have to be joined together vertically. Moreover, because a single
tree trunk would not be large enough in diameter to support such a tall mast, multiple timbers would need to be combined at the base as well. According to Xin,
there is no evidence that China had the type of joining materials necessary to accomplish these tasks.
For Chinese ships to have
reached three or four times this size in just two years (from Emperor Yongle’s
accession in 1403 to the launch of the first expedition in 1405), at a time when
there was no such stimulus provided by intense naval activity, would have been
highly unlikely.
so·ci·o·path
/ˈsōsēōˌpaTH/
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noun
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.
thug
/THəɡ/
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1.
a violent person, especially a criminal.
"he was attacked by a gang of thugs"
What is the "big difference"?
A sociopath is by definition non-violent. Some are, most aren't. They do tend to be manipulative and posses a me-first pattern of thought. A thug is, by definition, violent. I discount the opinion that most lower income African-Americans are thugs.
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