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Not even "plausible deniability". They don't even need to ask for these things off the record because the generals are not idiots. They know what their bosses
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
Not even "plausible deniability". They don't even need to ask for these things off the record because the generals are not idiots. They know what their bosses want well enough that nobody need ask. You see this behavior all throughout government.
- howaboutnope 5y ago"anticipatory obedience" https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorauseilender_Gehorsam https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorauseilender_Gehorsam Sadly the article only exists in German because, well, the most well known example of it is how people acted under Hitler.
- salawat 5y agoThis is, in fact, a very obvious and well known facet of management technique in the white collar world. Often, when faced with a hard or completely distasteful call, it's possible to structure your communication on a way that you never actually tell anyone to do the thing, but it gets done anyway. It is a cornerstone that marks the difference between an exec who can and an exec who cannot CYA. This is also why "Can I get that in writing", or asking something outright in an email is a fantastic way to corner a squirrely exec.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoI see links to Japanese and Chinese too. Can't use them, though. Anyway, https://www.deepl.com/translator https://www.deepl.com/translator works perfectly via cut&paste from .de to English for this.