[Kartographer]

I posted this on another thread, but I like to ask it here too. I have always been fascinated by the fact that real life so often on parts of fiction.
So recently I was discussing with a fellow Star Trek fan how much today’s business practices of so many of are largest corporations and too big to fail seem to adhere to The Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition from Star Trek. Here’s a few you be the judge:

5. If you can’t break a contract, bend it
13. Anything worth doing is worth doing for money
14. Anything stolen is pure profit
16. A deal is a deal ... until a better one comes along
23. Never take the last coin, but be sure to get the rest
24. Never ask when you can take
26. The vast majority of the rich in this galaxy did not inherit their wealth; they stole it
28. Morality is always defined by those in power
29. When someone says “It’s not the money,” they’re lying
37. You can always buy back a lost reputation
46. Labor camps are full of people who trusted the wrong person
47. Don’t trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.
51. Never admit a mistake if there’s someone else to blame
53. Sell first; ask questions later
61. Never buy what can be stolen
70. Get the money first, then let the buyers worry about collecting the merchandise
80. If it works, sell it. If it works well, sell it for more. If it doesn’t work, quadruple the price and sell it as an antique (or a derivative)
81. There’s nothing more dangerous than an honest businessman
208. Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is the answer.

[Hoodat]

One more to add to that list:

1. You can get away with all of this as long as you happen to be a Democrat.

[apoliticalone]

The Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition from Star Trek -

I like that, and it certainly applies.