CEOs are people too and they deserve more respect feat Enron CEO
Summary
A straphanger who claims to be the CEO of Enron sparks a debate about whether corporations deserve respect. The rider argues that CEOs' good deeds outweigh the negatives and that they deserve the benefit of the doubt when they make mistakes. Kareem pushes back hard. Things get tense when the conversation turns to Enron's planned January 6th product launch, with the rider insisting people will remember their groundbreaking energy solution instead of the Capitol Insurrection. The exchange culminates in a pointed question about whether corporations are people and if their lives matter. The rider abruptly ends things, pointing out they're literally riding on corporate infrastructure.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? The CEOs are people too and they deserve more respect. Okay, I—I agree. CEOs are people, definitely, but not in the way that you're saying. Human beings make mistakes, right?
Yeah? So if a CEO does something that you would deem as a mistake or tragedy, I think that they deserve the benefit of the doubt. I think the good things that CEOs do outweigh the negatives.
I'm going to have to disagree with that. Okay, it sounds like you're a little upset about something.
I'm disappointed in the conversation that we're having about CEOs. Yes, it's dangerous for people like you. Uh, uh, what's your plan with the new Enron?
Thank you for asking. First and foremost, we're here to uh solve the energy crisis with a groundbreaking product on January 6th. There's two on January 6th?
Yes. That's a really interesting day. Why? I just think it's an interesting day to choose for a launch. Two years from now, they'll remember what we're about to launch on January 6th and not about the Insurrection, not about what happened at the Capitol.
Okay. Do you think corporations are people? Of course.
Do you think corporations' lives matter? Of course. I'm done. This—we're on the train right now. Is run by a corporation. Let's end it.