CEOs Defend Corporate Greed

CEOs Defend Corporate Greed

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The Onion asked several of the smartest, richest, and most powerful business leaders on planet Earth how they felt being accused of “greedflation,” and this is what they said.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta

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“It’s honestly hard to explain to anyone not making $500 a minute.”

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Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines

Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines

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“I don’t even do this for the money. My income has always been secondary to the joy I get from treating human beings like cattle.”

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Dave Ricks, Eli Lilly

Dave Ricks, Eli Lilly

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“You haven’t seen greed until you’ve seen how entitled these people think they are to insulin.”

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Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation

Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation

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“Without my wealth, I never would have become friends with Jeffrey Epstein.”

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Kim A. Keck, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Kim A. Keck, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

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“It is probably a mistake that companies like ours exist, so we’re just seeing how far we can take it.”

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Brian L. Roberts, Comcast

Brian L. Roberts, Comcast

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“Fortunately, we, your corporate oligarchs, have determined that we’re not actually being greedy at all.”​

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Ramon Laguarta, PepsiCo

Ramon Laguarta, PepsiCo

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“What about corporate lust and gluttony? There aren’t enough articles about that.”

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Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s

Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s

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“It’s not like I hoard all the money. I share the wealth with six members of the board of directors.”

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Tim Cook, Apple

Tim Cook, Apple

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“Corporate greed has allowed us to create paradise on earth for almost 1% of humanity.”

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Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines

Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines

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“If there’s an alternative to concentrating prosperity among a small inner circle of business elites, I’m open to it.”

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Ted Sarandos, Netflix

Ted Sarandos, Netflix

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“I don’t know where this money comes from. We could make napkins for all I know, and what’s wrong with napkins?”

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Darren Woods, ExxonMobil

Darren Woods, ExxonMobil

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“Getting rich is our justifiable reward for the hard work of destroying the environment and plunging millions into poverty and famine.”

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David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Discovery

David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Discovery

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“I can only get an erection when millions of people hate me.”

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Chris Kempczinski, McDonald’s

Chris Kempczinski, McDonald’s

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“When customers step into one of our restaurants, they want to know their cashier has to work a second job and still sleeps in their car.”

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David Cordani, Cigna

David Cordani, Cigna

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“I didn’t get into the healthcare business to help people.”

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Emma Walmsley, GlaxoSmithKline

Emma Walmsley, GlaxoSmithKline

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“When the world ends, I don’t want to be tucked away in a bunker with nothing to barter with.”

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Doug McMillon, Walmart

Doug McMillon, Walmart

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“Corporate greed usurps the power of the nation-state and maintains global peace by leveraging the incentive to maintain order through purchasing politicians, thus neutralizing large-scale global conflicts, and it also allows us to subdue violent uprisings by the working class through the promotion of our super fun Rollbacks.”

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