
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.
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.
“It’s honestly hard to explain to anyone not making $500 a minute.”
“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.”
“You haven’t seen greed until you’ve seen how entitled these people think they are to insulin.”
“Without my wealth, I never would have become friends with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“It is probably a mistake that companies like ours exist, so we’re just seeing how far we can take it.”
“Fortunately, we, your corporate oligarchs, have determined that we’re not actually being greedy at all.”
“What about corporate lust and gluttony? There aren’t enough articles about that.”
“It’s not like I hoard all the money. I share the wealth with six members of the board of directors.”
“Corporate greed has allowed us to create paradise on earth for almost 1% of humanity.”
“If there’s an alternative to concentrating prosperity among a small inner circle of business elites, I’m open to it.”
“I don’t know where this money comes from. We could make napkins for all I know, and what’s wrong with napkins?”
“Getting rich is our justifiable reward for the hard work of destroying the environment and plunging millions into poverty and famine.”
“I can only get an erection when millions of people hate me.”
“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.”
“I didn’t get into the healthcare business to help people.”
“When the world ends, I don’t want to be tucked away in a bunker with nothing to barter with.”
“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.”