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Aren't those two things essentially the same thing? The best way to advance your career is to make choices that benefit the most people. You're not going to g
by tux1968 6y ago
Aren't those two things essentially the same thing? The best way to advance your career is to make choices that benefit the most people. You're not going to get ahead if your decision fails to save lives or the economy.
- ip26 6y agoThe best way to advance your career is to make choices that benefit the most people. You're not going to get ahead if your decision fails to save lives or the economy. Is this satire, or simply your first brush with politics? The subject of the vaccine is a tidy hypothetical example. Approve vaccine (with no actual regard to efficacy or safety). Bolster confidence in the status quo, reopen economy. People feel hopeful, things look up, re-elect current administration. Whoops, turns out the vaccine is actually poison. But it's too late to elect the other guy now, and the administration retains power four more years.
- junipertea 6y agoYou are, if you manage to blame the other party for sabotaging you.