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For all of those issues you can dryly resolve them by selecting whichever choice maximizes profit. By eliminating moralizers from its ranks, Basecamp can now ma

• vidarh 5y ago
  That would also be a political choice. And in many cases there isn't going to be a choice that maximises profit without taking into account the PR effect of choices, which again devolves into politics. The idea that any organisation can be apolitical is fundamentally flawed. At most you can enforce the (political) choice of pretending you're not political by shutting down discussion of it and leaving it exclusively in the hands of the executives and board. This appears to be the avenue Basecamp has taken. They are free to pretend that's an apolitical choice, and we're free to point out that it's bullshit.
  • bendbro 5y ago
    > That would also be a political choice Obviously, but that isn't my argument. My argument is that when you create a culture that approaches political decisions from a profit perspective, it is easier to make a profit. > And in many cases there isn't going to be a choice that maximises profit without taking into account the PR effect of choices, which again devolves into politics. This is wrong. You are conflating understanding a political position with believing in a political position. Understanding a political position doesn't require you to believe in it.