Talk:Opportunism

message: Too broad a definition for me. Opportunism can be applied to the whole in many circumstances, and for the betterment of others.
Needs a lot of work in the broad generalization of the definition.
Blondesareeasy (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 21:44, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selfish? 

message: The use of the word 'conscious' firstly assumes free will choice, which is not proven to be the case and in fact is opposite to the opportunist hardwired individual, as to how someone is willing or can modify their behaviour is also an individual thing.  Also the use of 'conscious' is the thrill of escaping legalistic proceedings, which are very often the results of opportunistic criminal justice employees i.e police and prosecutors.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.222.77.236 (talk) 16:26, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conscious choice? 

message: I would like to see some more info on Vladimir Lenin's definition of the term "opportunism" Rag-time4 21:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It hardly seems very relevant as Lenin lived before the advance of what call themselves "democracy" and "socialism" could render the best examples of the phenomenon. 74.78.162.229 (talk) 13:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think it seems relevant. What do Obama's actions or democracy or socialism have to do with this? ADREY 20:35, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opinions (as opposed to consensus usage) 

message: This word is being used in many other contexts too.
For example they may say "opportunistic hunter" to describe some animal's behavior.
: Yes it is wrong to make out it is only a political term, psychopaths and manipulators are often opportunist as well. --Penbat (talk) 14:57, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I got to this page from a link about opportunistic bacterial pathogens.  In a comment on general quality, it is generally better not to begin a paragraph with the word "But"InfiniteThinking (talk) 22:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why this article describes Opportunism as exclusively political term 

message: The wikipedia "authorities" have classified this article on opportunism as a topic in psychology. WRONG! The whole point of the article is that this topic is NOT simply a topic in psychology, but is used in a variety of social and natural sciences as well as in the humanities.  User:Jurriaan 5 October 2011 20:27(UTC)
^Anyone else find it funny that this guy represents everything he complains about in the article? By the way I've spent 40 years studying Wikipedia at TOP universities, don't worry.
Spotle99 (talk) 12:47, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Crude bias: opportunism classified to psychology

message: This article was stolen by VSD publishing, and published under false authorship for private profit. See, on amazon.com, Jesse Russell & Ronald Cohn, Opportunism. VSD Bookvika Publishing, January 2012. This provides a very good illustration of opportunism.
:Good grief! How hard-up can publishers get? Presumably they didn't read it before snatching the opportunity. Serves them right I reckon; I am totally unsympathetic. JonRichfield (talk) 12:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Theft of the article

message: Nikkimaria has once again tried to cut down very considerably the size of an article I originated, and has split off part of it, to make the article conform better to wikipedia standards. Some parts have now disappeared. If readers want to consult the longer original version, they can consult the version of 22 april 2013 that is stored in the archive annex of this article. Separate new articles have been extracted from this article on political opportunism, economic opportunism, sexual opportunism, intellectual opportunism, legal opportunism and spiritual opportunism. Jurriaan (talk) 06:38, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Reduction edits

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: In the Political subsection, the sentence "...most politicians are "opportunists" to some extent at least (they aim to use political opportunities creatively to their advantage, and have to try new initiatives)" sounds more like an opnion rather than a referenced fact. It would be better at least to include a reference to a survey or poll showing a link between opportunism and politicians rather than making a claim.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aole2539 (talk • contribs) 05:50, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal relfection 

message: Whistleblowing is all about exposing opportunistic behavior? Right? 78.0.147.35 (talk) 08:16, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: With Panama Papers being example of such exposure. 78.0.147.35 (talk) 08:18, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opportunism and Whistleblowing 

message: Opportunity: What makes Opportunism possible when making principles improbable. Opportunity can't be equal, the takers are not.             It is not infinite, sometimes it runs out. Grab one while it's hot, live to regret what you got.
Opportunism: Opportunity ill-used with principles abused. First Verbatim Here (talk) 03:13, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opportunism versus opportunity