Long or Short Capital

People who decry the fact that businesses are in business “just to make money” seldom understand the implications of what they are saying. You make money by doing what other people want, not what you want.

This is Thomas Sowell’s succinct and accurate rebuttal to all those who decry the manifold splendor of capitalism and stuff. Amazing.

But this statement is equally true about monkeys throwing feces. Especially when I change the words.

People who decry the fact that monkeys who throw feces are throwing feces “just to throw feces” seldom understand the implications of what they are saying. Monkeys who throw feces throw feces by doing what other monkeys want, not what they want.