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  <title>Journey to Ixtlan</title>
  <subtitle>(are we there yet?)</subtitle>
  <author>
    <name>kokopelle</name>
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  <updated>2014-04-18T03:45:31Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669:412317</id>
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    <title>Business and Evil</title>
    <published>2014-04-18T03:45:31Z</published>
    <updated>2014-04-18T03:45:31Z</updated>
    <category term="mob"/>
    <category term="business"/>
    <dw:mood>contemplative</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">I'm currently reading a book on the Mob after listening to a book on the  Mob.  The thing that strikes me is that the Mob is not much different  from 'legal' business when you get down to basics.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are  some really ruthless and downright evil people involved with the Mob.   Ditto for the corporate world.  Their tools may be different though!   The driving goal for those in criminal activities seems to be going for  that next hussle.  Find that next $.  Again, not real different.  The  last thing is that the Mob corrupts.  The corrupt is subtle and deep.   It is only through this corruption that the Mob continues to exist.  Do  levels of corruption exist in the corporate world?  Ahhh... that is the  question for all of us to ask ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&amp;ditemid=412317" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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