Schmidt On Why Tax Avoidance is Good, Robot Workers, and Google Fiber

Bruce66423 writes "Eric Schmidt said that a £2.5 billion tax avoidance 'is called capitalism' and seems totally unrepentant. He added, 'I am very proud of the structure that we set up. We did it based on the incentives that the governments offered us to operate.' One must admit to being impressed by his honesty." Schmidt also says that if you want a job in the future you'll have to learn to "outrace the robots," and that Google Fiber is the most interesting project they have going.

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Don't be angry with Google for following laws

I hate to Goodwin a thread, but it is the probably best way of highlighting the absolute absurdity of your comment. And no, I'm not comparing Google to the Nazis or anything so ridiculous. I'm complaining about the absurdity of _your_ comment.

Let's first generalise your statement to:

"Don't be angry with X for following the laws"

Would you be happy inserting SS in place of X? No, certainly not, that would be silly.

The conclusion you should draw from this is that merely following laws is not sufficient to stop people reasonably being angry. The reason is that laws and morals are distinct. People get angry about imoral things, legal or not.