Talk:Jacques Schnee/@comment-148.252.128.96-20180131223549/@comment-148.252.128.96-20180201184047

But why would he care about the money flow the SDC is getting? Obviously because money is the lifeblood of the SDC. If the SDC loses profit margins, the competition gains an advantage (the whole economics of it is an interconnected web of complicated things, but what results in general is that the competition gains an advantage of capital to invest with over the SDC), and the SDC declines.

Why should the richest man in Remnant care about losing a bit of money? There's only so much money can buy. When your wealth is on the scale of a multi-billionaire, it's no longer primarily about buying the good stuff. Jacques cares about the profits of the SDC because the SDC's status as Remnant's leading company depends on it.

Jacques's desire for money is secondary, important because the SDC is where it is because it's a very rich entity. But money is power, and power is not an end itself, but a means to something else, to change and shape the world around you as you desire. Because he holds so much power, people look up to him. What he ultimately holds dear is his social standing, being somebody important and somebody that matters. He was a nobody before he became a Schnee, and his very sense of self is tied to his Schnee-ness, a name and family that's completely dependent on the SDC for its status.

That's why he became furious when Weiss embarrases him in public. It's not mainly because tarnishing the SDC's image causes them to lose money. It's because the Schnee reputation, his very sense of self, is attacked when somebody degrades the SDC.

''"This is about the Schnee family name and your apparent insistence on dragging it through the mud!" ''(Thanks SomeoneYouUsedToKnow)