1) the vast majority are not dabbling with drugs in liberal countries where they are widely available(much of Europe)
2) Why is it so important to you that I don’t smoke pot? Why do you feel the need to terrorize me with the police
Yes, that happened. But in a way it proves my point: if a local manufacturer competes on quality, branding and user experience they can wipe out an outsider in a very short time. The perception of Chinese brands; Polestar excepted for the moment; is not such that people are going to pick those over the brands that have been active here for longer than people have been alive.
Apple was a well known brand name before Nokia was, and that is in part why it succeeded.
we also like to hire people who can..er..hit the ground running..need less coaching less supervision and so on. everyone has their own shit to deal with and nobody wants to manage kids.
on occasion i give up trying to impose truth and instead give them enough rope to hang themselves with. encourage them instead. but it feels to me really bad form to say “i told u so” after shit hits the fan..so i avoid doing that.
