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Quiet Em

(2,595 posts) Wed Mar 12, 2025, 10:32 PM Mar 2025

Can people finally stop with the nonsense that the con and Leon are smart business guys? [View all]

They aren't, and they never have been.

They are just two very wealthy con artists, who were handed lots of money from their daddies, and who bullshit their way through things and behave like dumbass adolescents.

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Can people finally stop with the nonsense that the con and Leon are smart business guys? [View all] Quiet Em Mar 2025 OP

The people who voted for trump call conning people "good business." Bet salespeople went heavy trump. Silent Type Mar 2025 #1

anyone who behaved like them in any other job Skittles Mar 2025 #2

I never considered these two particularly intelligent. Dave Bowman Mar 2025 #3

No, people can't/won't stop with that, because repeating it serves their interests. RockRaven Mar 2025 #4

Smart business guys? SheltieLover Mar 2025 #5

In reality a LOT of casinos have gone out of business over the years, for lots of different reasons AZJonnie Mar 2025 #10

Ffs SheltieLover Mar 2025 #11

Ah so true! benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #12

Makes sense! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #15

It's actually pretty common to loot your own business, especially with mobsters and wannabes JoseBalow Mar 2025 #16

Gawd what a shitbag SheltieLover Mar 2025 #17

Yes, he is a huge bag of shit JoseBalow Mar 2025 #18

Perfectly depicts his tactics!! benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #20

That's what he's doing to this country JoseBalow Mar 2025 #21

That's the only thing he's ever excelled at! benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #13

I think it is important to point out the personality traits that make wealth Maraya1969 Mar 2025 #6

Tesla wouldn't exist without the $38b in government contracts and many more billions in subsidies and tax dodges. Doodley Mar 2025 #7

Trump has a very checkered business record. To be fair, Elon has been amazingly successful andym Mar 2025 #8

What do you have against dumbass adolescents? rubbersole Mar 2025 #9

I never started with it Meowmee Mar 2025 #14

Only if the Bible. . . er MSM, tells them so! n/t werdna Mar 2025 #22