Excessive money (== power == domination of your peers) corrupts everybody. We don't need any new studies to prove this.
That's the sick part of our economic culture - the "natural" tendency of concentration of money/power (instead of spreading it as equally as possible).
Efficiency. Its not Tim Cook's or any middle manager's personal money, it's the money of the shareholders. Besides, overpaying drives all salaries up and can spark a wage war between companies that only benefits the employees.
Suppose someone who knows your friend's dog asks if it's a very stupid idea to get LSD from one of the "darknet" markets. What would the owner of the dog's dog friend reply? Would his sister-in-law who may or may not exist know about any pointers on how to find a trustworthy source (to actually get the correct quality) on such a platform?
You are fooling nobody and your use of code words to organize a crime would be held against you in a court of law if anyone gave a damn about your post here on HN.
I would imagine that the use of a "dog" in the chain of acquaintance is a dead giveaway that he's being facetious about the attempt to "hide" his request (regardless of whether the request itself is part of the joke).
Because
a) it's profitable, and
b) they can. That's all, really.
Excessive money (== power == domination of your peers) corrupts everybody. We don't need any new studies to prove this.
That's the sick part of our economic culture - the "natural" tendency of concentration of money/power (instead of spreading it as equally as possible).