A short YouTube monologue by Mark Hamilton (Apr 24, 2024) arguing that public hatred of "business" conflates two types: "political businessmen" who seek favors and provoke resentment, and "market businessmen" who create real consumer value (e.g., iPhones, cars, houses, hospitals) and deserve praise.
I see so much hate for business out there, and I understand where it's coming from. It's coming from this. Business is a revolving door with politics. So you get a lot of these political hacks that were congressmen. They go into business and big tech or whatever. They're political hacks, what I call political businessmen. Yeah, that stuff's crap. But then you have something called market businessmen. These are people who don't get political favors or political rights away. And they are out there just trying to create values for you, for lower money, greater value. You. Those are market businessmen, and they bring you every value. You have your iPhones, your cars, your houses, your hospitals. Those are the good ones out there. My friends, I want to separate the political hacks, the political businessmen, from the market businessmen, who are our heroes.
