Alleged context: Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek’s company review bombed after taking child’s hat at usopen.

    • greenskye@lemmy.zip
      1211·
      10 days ago

      He doubled down when called out. Claimed ‘anyone else would do the same’ and threatened to sue anyone criticizing his actions. Zero remorse or reflection.

    • answersplease77@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 days ago

      Also like he got it before it reached the kid’s hand. So technically it was fair game and legal, but holyshit psyociopathically and shamefully immoral.

      I bet he underpays his employees as immorally yet legaly possible thus increasing slaveowners’ shareholders’ returns as the successful CEO he is

      • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
        511·
        7 days ago

        I bested a small child. Why won’t you worship me? Lol.

        Thanks for that. It’s so much worse. Whether fake or not, it’s hilarious. e: it’s fake, and hilarious.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        40·
        10 days ago

        With that attitude, if you kill him it’s perfectly fine. You won fairly, so it’s legitimate.

          • wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org
            3·
            9 days ago

            It’s because he was rational with empathy- he should’ve doubled down on how weak the opposition was. CEOs love a good psycho, right?

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            9 days ago

            You don’t see them agreeing with this, but it isn’t because of logic. They’re selfish. That’s their defining trait they have in common. They think they should be allowed to do anything they want because they have the power to do so. It follows that if you have the power to kill them that it’s legitimate. They won’t agree because it isn’t in their favor, but the logic is consistent.

            • leftthegroup@lemmings.world
              3·
              9 days ago

              Exactly. I wasn’t explicit but I was pointing out that they don’t hold to that logic, and further implying that it was because it wasn’t in their favor.

      • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        13·
        9 days ago

        It’s always “winning” for these people against people (here a kid) that can’t defend themselves. It’s almost like a trait with these fucks.

        And it’s comically sad this has a huge draw for some statistically significant number of people.

        • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
          41·
          9 days ago

          Well, when the economy has been designed to empower and enrich the most selfish pieces of shit, for centuries, this shouldn’t be a surprise.

          Capitalism is, in fact, NOT the best type of economy for an ethical society.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      55·
      10 days ago

      It’s why they are CEOs and it’s also why they get their company’s to make so much money.

      Multiply the behavior of stealing things from children a million fold and that’s how CEOs make money for the company. They don’t get to that position by being nice and adhering to morals.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
    81·
    10 days ago

    Fun fact: The guy’s company produces paving stones, pretty handy to throw.

    Fun fact two: Kid ultimately got another hat from the tennis player after the case got blown up and the player contacted him.

    • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
      57·
      9 days ago

      It’s also heavily implied the player knows the rich asshole, since the asshole funds part of the tournament. Meaning he could have gotten a signed hat at any moment but decided he wanted to steal one from a child instead. He then doubles down and laughs at the kid and everyone else calling them losers while threatening legal action against anyone who calls him out. I heard he has now contacted the player to get a hold of the kid to “make it right” so it sounds like his company is now holding his feet to the fire.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        111·
        9 days ago

        Yea, that kind of behavior tracks for CEOs. It’s almost like they’re all psychopaths that get off on making others suffer.

        Ohhh but wait, capitalism is the best economic system ever to exist! So we just have to accept it!

  • Victor@lemmy.world
    80·
    10 days ago

    “Drogbruk” means drug use in Swedish. Company name checks out.

    What an absolute cunt. What could you possibly need so badly that you rip it from the grasp of a child, when you are a CEO.

      • kautau@lemmy.world
        50·
        10 days ago

        Yeah look at the grin on his face, he enjoys knowing that he has it and others don’t, he enjoyed grabbing it from that kid, and he’ll smile anytime he looks at it or tells the story about how he took it. This is the mentality of the vast majority of CEOs

        • Victor@lemmy.world
          716·
          10 days ago

          This is the mentality of the vast majority of CEOs

          Is that truly knowable?

          • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
            37·
            10 days ago

            Experimentally, yes.

            https://www.npr.org/2014/04/04/295360962/does-money-make-you-mean

            Paul Piff is a social psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies how wealth — or the lack of wealth — can affect behavior.

            His studies include running rigged games of Monopoly, tracking how those who drive expensive cars behave behind the wheel, and even determining that rich people are more likely to take candy from children than the less well-off. He writes, “I have been finding that increased wealth and status in society lead to increased self-focus and, in turn, decreased compassion, altruism, and ethical behavior.”

            • Victor@lemmy.world
              82·
              10 days ago

              Did they also do any research into some kind of local proportion to their surroundings where the ratio of wealth had a cutoff point where people became less “human”, as I will call it? Like for instance, I’m doing quite well financially, a lot better than my friends. But I’m not any different towards them since this started. Maybe I’d become less caring and compassionate once I reach a certain point? Once I get enough money?

              Also curious about the correlation vs causation in that quote:

              finding that increased wealth and status in society lead to increased self-focus and, in turn, decreased compassion, altruism, and ethical behavior

              • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
                7·
                10 days ago

                The Monopoly test seems to cover the causation question pretty well. Select one player at random and give them extra money or property at the start of the game, with all players being aware. The advantaged players become more anti-social in their play, and after the game will self-rate their “skill” level much higher than the disadvantaged players, downplaying the impact of their advantage.

          • shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
            18·
            10 days ago

            Power and wealth are associated with the dark triad (narcissism, machiavellianism, psychopathy). This has been known since the time of monarchies and before.

            • Victor@lemmy.world
              34·
              9 days ago

              Right, but when we say “the vast majority of CEOs”, were talking about a lot of CEOs. Remember, there are a lot of people who run small businesses who aren’t extremely wealthy who are still CEO of their company. I doubt the “vast majority” of them are pieces of shit like this guy.

              • shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
                5·
                9 days ago

                I would argue that aspiring to power and wealth, making it your sole purpose in life, creates the necessary conditions for the dark triad to take root. So essentially every CEO has a little of this inside them, mainly because they’re more beholden to capital than to treating people / animals / the earth well or fairly.

                • Victor@lemmy.world
                  12·
                  9 days ago

                  Your comment is making a lot of assumptions here, I barely know where to start.

                  aspiring to power and wealth

                  Bundling them together might not be necessary. I myself aspire to have (enough) wealth, like we all do. That doesn’t mean I’m interested in power as well.

                  Aspiring to have wealth doesn’t really mean you have to make it your sole purpose in life either.

                  Then you assume every CEO aspires to have wealth and power. Both. Not necessarily true. Just because you have your own business doesn’t mean you aspire to have wealth, even. You could be running a laundromat or something making ends meet month by month, but you’re happy with that, and you’re the CEO. All possible and plausible. And you care for your employees.

                  Plenty of businesses/CEOs want to treat their employees well as well. Especially the small ones. They are still CEOs though.

                  You see where I’m getting at? Having the stamp of “CEO” I think is irrelevant. I think it’s more about acquiring enough power through wealth that is the real danger. Now, mostly CEOs get to do that, but #notallCEOs. Definitely not the “vast majority”.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    631·
    9 days ago

    Interesting that CEO’s are idiots globally. It’s almost like you have to steal from people in order to accumulate big money.

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      8 days ago

      And then you get photographic evidence of them being just the worst, and somehow they’re the victim and you’re the bad guy for documenting how shitty they are. Fuck I hate these people.

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
    581·
    9 days ago

    This is TERRIBLE! That his Company is being DOXXED! Let the CEO LIVE in PEACE while he Steals from Children!

    -Conservatives!

  • NoodlePoint@lemmy.world
    30·
    9 days ago

    Given the current state of things, they’re being more entitled assholes. They’re throwing their weight around harder because the powers-that-be and techbros are throwing away what they call DEI policies, and dusting off traditional hierarchies and stereotypes for restoration.

    • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
      22·
      10 days ago

      It’s cause we won’t eat em. It’s never gonna happen either with how many poor people worship them, and how places like Reddit and Lemmy will ban you if you call for guillotines

      • Red Army Dog Cooper@lemmy.ml
        3·
        9 days ago

        it is not “lemmy” bans you for calling for Guillotines, it is Lemmy.world that banns you for calling for reasonable solutions. Watch, I Red Army Dog Cooper, want to guliteen all bilionares

        • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
          21·
          9 days ago

          Better than .ml where you’ll get banned for not sucking off Russia or China. (yes China has been making plenty of wins lately, but that doesn’t magically make them not authoritarian)

          No, that doesn’t make certain mods/admins on .world good. This is more of a glass houses and hypocrisy comment…

          • Red Army Dog Cooper@lemmy.ml
            2·
            9 days ago

            I mean suit your self, I have been critical of both, and if you would like I could leavy a criticism now and you can report it, I doubt I will be banned for that action, nor have my comment removed.

            Also Sure, you dont like the way our instance is moderated, I have never seen an actual issue with it, beyond the concern trolling, however I understand, my comment was in reference to the origional comment implying that all of lemmy does not allow saying “All Bilionares deserve the guliteen” If your instance does, and your users are all fine with it, I have no issues, just dont go and say its all of us who are doing it.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      72·
      9 days ago

      The people we’ll never rise up we must like being oppressed.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        11·
        9 days ago

        With that attitude, you may as well put a collar on with a “BITCH” tag. It’ll let them know where to take you when the goulags come for us all.