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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 337886" data-attributes="member: 46">Because J.R. believes that business and profit for Ewing Oil is what matters and is the real success above everything else. Capitalism at its root reduces everything to profit, even family relationships, and J.R. has done that even in his relationship with Sue Ellen. Jock didn&#039;t tell J.R. when to stop and enjoy the simpler things in life the way they should be enjoyed. Of course, J.R.&#039;s time is a different time as well compared to when Jock was at his height of power at Ewing Oil. The business has become bigger since earlier times, even more ruthless and cut-throat, and even higher sums of money involved.He was too into the Ewing Oil business and not enough into his wife. And Sue Ellen pleading with him about the state of their sex life just turns J.R. off even more. I got the impression that he hadn&#039;t been quite as bad earlier in their marriage, but it had largely fizzled out as he took over at Ewing Oil from Jock, and J.R. obviously then feels intense pressure to prove himself, to himself, to Jock, and to the wider oil community. This was, after all, what J.R. had been waiting for since he was a toddler, the day when he was to be the main man at Ewing Oil.Yes. J.R. didn&#039;t want to do it of course, and asked Vaughn Leland if anything else could be used as collateral rather than Southfork. When Vaughn insisted that it had to be Southfork, J.R. decided to take the plunge rather than back out, but he remembered Vaughn&#039;s strong arming, and didn&#039;t feel the tinniest bit sorry when Vaughn lost big on those Asian oil fields that J.R. had offloaded and which were then nationalized.At root, J.R. is about profit, power and status for Ewing Oil. It&#039;s business. His family relations have been reduced to that in his mind, and his parents didn&#039;t do enough to teach him different.Watch The Godfather films for such examples as well. Why did Michael Corleone in Part II kill his brother Fredo, hurt his brother Tom emotionally, wipe out enemies that were already on the run and basically finished? It&#039;s business. There&#039;s no room for sentiment in business, is the attitude. Of course, this way of thinking horrifies most of humanity, but it&#039;s how the capitalist system works at the very top.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 337886, member: 46"] Because J.R. believes that business and profit for Ewing Oil is what matters and is the real success above everything else. Capitalism at its root reduces everything to profit, even family relationships, and J.R. has done that even in his relationship with Sue Ellen. Jock didn't tell J.R. when to stop and enjoy the simpler things in life the way they should be enjoyed. Of course, J.R.'s time is a different time as well compared to when Jock was at his height of power at Ewing Oil. The business has become bigger since earlier times, even more ruthless and cut-throat, and even higher sums of money involved. He was too into the Ewing Oil business and not enough into his wife. And Sue Ellen pleading with him about the state of their sex life just turns J.R. off even more. I got the impression that he hadn't been quite as bad earlier in their marriage, but it had largely fizzled out as he took over at Ewing Oil from Jock, and J.R. obviously then feels intense pressure to prove himself, to himself, to Jock, and to the wider oil community. This was, after all, what J.R. had been waiting for since he was a toddler, the day when he was to be the main man at Ewing Oil. Yes. J.R. didn't want to do it of course, and asked Vaughn Leland if anything else could be used as collateral rather than Southfork. When Vaughn insisted that it had to be Southfork, J.R. decided to take the plunge rather than back out, but he remembered Vaughn's strong arming, and didn't feel the tinniest bit sorry when Vaughn lost big on those Asian oil fields that J.R. had offloaded and which were then nationalized. At root, J.R. is about profit, power and status for Ewing Oil. It's business. His family relations have been reduced to that in his mind, and his parents didn't do enough to teach him different. Watch The Godfather films for such examples as well. Why did Michael Corleone in Part II kill his brother Fredo, hurt his brother Tom emotionally, wipe out enemies that were already on the run and basically finished? It's business. There's no room for sentiment in business, is the attitude. Of course, this way of thinking horrifies most of humanity, but it's how the capitalist system works at the very top. [/QUOTE]

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