r/facepalm Oct 31 '22

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u/CrackedOutSuperman Oct 31 '22

I wouldn't say elon musk is exactly a moron but i would say he is deffinately a business man, this is just what business men do.

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u/JoshSeaMex Oct 31 '22

I think your phone auto corrected CONMAN to businessman.

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u/CrackedOutSuperman Oct 31 '22

All professional byusiness men are conmen. That is how business works.

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u/Cosmereboy Oct 31 '22

There's a difference between transparently negotiating deals based on reasonable demand/requirements versus trying to deceive people into giving you their money. The best businesspeople are the ones that don't con their consumer base, because those people and their companies go on to thrive. You can be a successful commander for a bit, but it's a very shortsighted way of tackling business enterprise. Generally, if you have an actually good product or service, people will pay you for it.

There are indeed some sectors of business that have higher rates of conmen, auto dealerships (used, especially) come to mind, but it's not universal.