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		ushakov on Aug 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The hardest people for founders to hire are so cal... nepotism at its best

account-5 on Aug 1, 2022 [–]

Isn't that cronyism? I thought nepotism was family based, like trump's appointments.

mejutoco on Aug 2, 2022 | | [–]

TIL. It looks like Nepotism has a stronger family connotation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronyism

mathgeek on Aug 1, 2022 | | [–]

Nepotism is the favoring of friends and relatives, especially with jobs. Cronyism is, specifically, putting friends and family in positions of power.

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