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dublinben  ·  2562 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can Sears Survive? Maybe Not, Company Admits In Financial Filings

It couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Lampert let his personal ideology drive a 130-year old company into the ground.

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/10/ayn_rand_loving_ceo_destroys_his_empire_partner/





WanderingEng  ·  2562 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As someone who has read Atlas Shrugged, I think it's hilarious that this guy created the flawed world (the type of people Rand called "moochers") rather than that of some industrial utopia.

My opinion is the type of people who cite Ayn Rand are closer to those she was criticizing than those she was worshipping.

user-inactivated  ·  2562 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To piggyback off of this, snoodog, and cgod all at the same time, a lot of people are gonna get hurt by the short sighted actions and desires of board members, share holders, etc. What makes it all that worse is that SEARS isn't even close to being the only company having these problems, and the people that get hit the hardest by store and distribution center closings tend to be the ones who also have the least resources to bounce back.