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Nonsense. All were essentially volunteers. Nobody held a gun to their head; they just put it on a schedule, and the freshmen lined up to comply.

Its actually amusing; these captains of industry were such sheep when they were young. Makes you wonder when they grew a backbone, if at all.




Seriously? "Nobody held a gun to their head" is your criterion? For guys and gals fresh out of high school?

Will you also tell me that employees can't sue for unpaid overtime, hazardous work environment, sexual harassment etc. because nobody held a gun and they could always quit? Such sheep, those common workers.


I wonder what happened if you refused and held your ground? Somebody must have during all those years.


It's hard to reach the top of your game if you're not willing to play.


Maybe those posture classes helped?




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