<i>Are you calling me insane in a roundabout way?</i><p>It takes one to know one.<p><i>But it&#x27;s pretty rare.</i><p>Pretty rare?  That&#x27;s back to the beginning, because every acquisition means the bought company has explicitly failed to become &quot;real&quot; in a make-more-than-we-spend (and continually grow the &quot;make more&quot;) sense.<p><i>But better than chapter 11 if that&#x27;s the alternative.</i><p>I&#x27;d rather see 20-somethings lose everything and learn tough, introspective, life changing lessons, than see them running around with their &quot;soft landing&quot; $10 million paydays just because they had the right connections.