The "founder" of McDonald's was a true scumbag

[David_TheMan]

I had a moment like Tre's father when he's talking to Tre and Ricky when he takes them to the neighborhood in front of the billboard.

Basically I was with my homie who was white and Mexican and we were deep in the hood one time and there's this billboard and it's McDonald's, it shows an egg mcmuffin and it says "Whats crackin?" And my boy was like "that's fukked up, they would never put that in the suburbs."

McDonald's has always had a history of specifically targeting black folks. I can't find the old commercials they had it was a black cartoon and it's after the club and the guys like "hey ma, let's get a double cheese burger" and they are doing the lil snap pop dance like d4l when all that shyt was hot.

Its called targeted marketing, they target all communities actually, they might not have the exact same commercial but they have one for every group, because they want everyone's money.
It funny some people complain about it, when before black americans were pointing out to white folks that we were an untargeted, ignored, market.
I know with regard to distilled alcohol, as a company Hennessey was the first company in that market to deliberately target and advertise their spirit to black americans, and they were rewarded with very strong to this day customer loyalty.

 

[CoryMack]

He was a scumbag in the end, but like most business titans, you have to be in order to become a legendary brand. I always thought it was weird when they would talk about Ray Kroc being the founder of Mcdonald's. I was thinking "where did he come up with McDonald's?"

I think the brothers had a chance to capitalize, but they were just in it for the art and passion of running a small fast food joint and Kroc was able to see the big picture. The brothers should've had their profit sharing deal in writing though. It's weird how at-all-costs ambition is hardly ever stopped by people on the other side.

I agree. Some people are just built for doing business on a large scale. They have an insight and a vision most lack.

What happened to the brothers was inevitable in a way, but to not have gotten that last agreement in writing was just stupid. At that point they knew what kinda individual they were dealing with so there wasn't any excuse.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

When he said

“If i saw my competitor drowning, i’d walk up and put a hose in his mouth and watch”



The way he casually told his wife he wants a divorce lol, its like he was asking her to pass the salt.

 

[Why-Fi]

keaton completely disappeared in that character

 

[Cynic]

Show me a billionaire, a captain of industry, an industrial iconoclast....

And i'll show you someone who's done some scumbag shxt to get there.

The King of the mountain is the one that was willing to go to the lowest place to get there.

This doesn't apply to all billionaires/industry leaders

 

[Cynic]

At the end of the day, the brothers where not business savvy at all.

They were ... at least from an operations standpoint

 

[Trajan]

When he said

“If i saw my competitor drowning, i’d walk up and put a hose in his mouth and watch”

.

Then he asked D!ck...can you say the same?

D!ck:

 

[Big Boss]

 

[dennis roadman]

The scenes where ray and others are confused and angry about a walk up window and how and where to eat the food are

And I dunno if it happened in real life like that but I didn't blame him one bit for what he did after dikk tried to likkle man him on the points

Except the opening a franchise across the street thing, that was a lil too far

 

[Trajan]

He was SUPER HUNGRy AND THE universe provided him with a DOPE lawyer and real Estate guy

Yh. Dude was going to sleep listening to self help books on persistence and success lol.

keaton completely disappeared in that character

Here's a nice Q & A session with him

Killer Kroc: Michael Keaton Q&A On Playing ‘The Founder’

 

[Trajan]

The scenes where ray and others are confused and angry about a walk up window and how and where to eat the food are

And I dunno if it happened in real life like that but I didn't blame him one bit for what he did after dikk tried to likkle man him on the points

Except the opening a franchise across the street thing, that was a lil too far

Sending the satchet of Insta-mix to the brothers .....Very vulgar

"Ive sent it to everyone but you guys "

The blank check with the McDonald's Corp logo at the hospital


Dude was a habitual line stepper

 

[Jimi Swagger]

Capitalists are ruthless. You have to be to take over markets. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates even tried to shyt each other in the beginning. Have to wonder why open source software is not the norm. Reason why you don't see too many black/brown capitalists and NONE that can keep massive wealth and distribution for more than 3 generations (Americas/Africa or anywhere) like Europeans. Communal people can't be sharks. The Men Who Built America is another good documentary to watch.

 

[David_TheMan]

Capitalists are ruthless. You have to be to take over markets. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates even tried to shyt each other in the beginning. Have to wonder why open source software is not the norm. Reason why you don't see too many black/brown capitalists and NONE that can keep massive wealth and distribution for more than 3 generations (Americas/Africa or anywhere) like Europeans. Communal people can't be sharks. The Men Who Built America is another good documentary to watch.

bullshyt actually.
The reason you don't see black capitalists or the passing of wealth of black capitalist to their children is the US is a racist society top to bottom that has actively sought out and destroyed successful black businesses and businessmen/women.

Think of what would be if black wall street wasn't destroyed, if successful black businesses were burned down and the black owners driven out of town fearing for their life.

 

[dennis roadman]

Sending the satchet of Insta-mix to the brothers .....Very vulgar

"Ive sent it to everyone but you guys "

The blank check with the McDonald's Corp logo at the hospital


Dude was a habitual line stepper

I think it came from resentment over the brothers putting so much romantic weight into themselves, or at least dikk

Kroc had romantic ideas too but they were profit-oriented, the brothers were in business for the wrong reasons in the wrong country

I've dealt with that myself, a board being so stiff to plan and pivot that the company becomes stagnant. It leaves you with the choice of letting a company die/losing your own job, or fukking over the board personally for the sake of growing their own fukking enterprise

Lesson is NEVER get attached to a name, concept, or legacy, because the market does not give a single fukk

 

[Arithmetic]

He ran with the fast food system the McDonald brothers came up with and told them to bounce...then rubbed their name out from history and called himself the founder

They couldn't use their own name and had to rename their restaurant (the OG McDonald's) The Big M

Didn't know this!!!