No matter how greedy Gordon is, his decision to destroy Bud's father's company is irrational. Therefore, I don't see Buck's decision to trust Gordon as a wrong decision on paper. Both are business partners, and damaging Bud's father's business could get Gordon into trouble, which actually happened. This is a poor business decision. Bud has all the reasons in the world to believe that Gordon will keep his father's company alive.
Furthermore, it turns out that Gordon is less adept at reading people than initially assumed. He believed that Buck was ambitious and uninhibited enough to harm his family. If he had separated the business partnership with Buck from Buck's family and friends, it is likely that Buck would have continued to bend the law to make money, avoided taking stock about his life, and certainly would not have turned against Gordon.
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Patman111196 (1265)
4 months ago
I don't think it mattered to Gekko that Bud had personal relations to people at Bluestar. He told Bud that his father would never have to work another day in his life. He was trying to buy Bud into the idea that sometimes you don't have to follow moral or social traditions to succeed in life, such as working honestly to earn your resources, and that sometimes people will take losses at the hands of others.
This is what set Bud apart from him; he was willing to get his hands dirty as long as nobody in his circle suffered long-lasting consequences and damage, but he was too naive to realize that Gekko had no problem screwing over anyone at all to get what he wanted, including Bud himself, as he legitimately wanted to turn Bluestar around, while Gekko had other plans, likely from the beginning of being pitched the idea.
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