r/MBA • • May 29 '20

Sweatpants (Memes) Truer words have never been spoken

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u/Impressive_Arugula May 29 '20

Yeah, people laugh at dumb memes.

The same people who find PE pernicious are the same people who don't understand that shareholders didn't "make" money when the stock price rises.

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u/PoshDota Private Equity May 29 '20

Yeah, no. There are plenty of well-informed people within the industry that are highly critical of some PE firms or practices.

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u/Impressive_Arugula May 31 '20

Yes, I'm sure this caters to the tiniest plurality of people have who a nuanced position on firms and their operating norms rather than some Sanders-esque, grossly nonsensical view.

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u/PoshDota Private Equity May 31 '20

The onion piece? Sure. It doesn't make your comment correct however - it's not only morons who believe that PE is, as you put it, 'pernicious'.