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[–] LANIK2000 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Google AKA Wikipedia says "refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion"

They said that it takes a lot more than the sweat of literally only 2 people to make Google. And "No one has ever...made a billon dollars by...their effort alone.".

So to answer your question for them, no, they do not belive that. They belive all those people deserve a piece of the pie, as all of them are needed to keep everything afloat. Without your so called supporting staff, the 2 so called visionaries wouldn't be able to bring forth shit and they sure a shell didn't just put in more effort than everyone else to deserve the wealth an entire city would blush at.

Also your weird fixation on logos is irrelevant here, or rather a completely separate discussion you started fighting the strawman.

As for the janitor example, I'd need to do some wild assumptions like you to answer for them, so I'm not gonna bother.

As for my personal opinion in all this? I'm honestly having too much fun watching from the outside to ruin it xD Fuck you're a silly goober.

[–] DreamlandLividity -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

They said that it takes a lot more than the sweat of literally only 2 people to make Google. And "No one has ever...made a billon dollars by...their effort alone.".

I am not arguing they made a billion alone, I am arguing their work increased the value of Google by billions (which IMO makes them deserve some percentage of the billions).

If all the support staff went to do the exact same work for a average different company, the product/value of that company would be less than Googles by over a billion. I used Bing as a comparable example.

Billionaires cannot possibly create added value to account for their wealth

Also, you accuse me of straw-maning while straw-maning yourself? What is this, Donald Trump debate club?

[–] LANIK2000 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Your point is irrelevant to what they said, as it is arguing a completely different point. The question of what work can one person possibly bring and how much they deserve for it vs the question of is your value to society dictated by your employer's market share. Two quite distinct can'o'worms. The idea of one being multiple times more valuable due to their market is in direct conflict with the idea of "a person can only make so much". Regardless of which argument is right or wrong, it's a strawman, just because they literally can't hold that view xD

And plese, do explain to me how me stating something, regardless of the truth of that statement, that has nothing to do with you, is strawmaning you? I'm genuinely curious how you arrived there lol. You can't just keep using "no you" over and over. OR CAN YOU??? XD Or hold up, ya saying I'm strawmaning them instead? Please do elaborate xD

Also I'm not disproving you, I'm being pedantic about semantics, you trying to double down just digs a deeper hole around you. If you don't understand, I'm ending it here, a predictable discussion is quite boring.

[–] DreamlandLividity 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The idea of one being multiple times more valuable due to their market is in direct conflict with the idea of "a person can only make so much".

Yeah, I am arguing against their belief by showing a contradiction with an obvious truths such as that things have intrinsic value and people can increase said value by much more than others. That is what arguing is. If you think disagreeing with people is straw-maning them, then there is no point for me to waste my time with you.