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"In short, people have a mechanism in their minds. It stops them from saying something that could lower their status, even if it’s true. And it propels them to
by Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago
"In short, people have a mechanism in their minds. It stops them from saying something that could lower their status, even if it’s true. And it propels them to say something that could increase their status, even if it’s false."
- chrischattin 5y agoThis was on full display re covid over the last two years.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 5y agoIndeed.
- donatj 5y agoThis is why Twitter is so vicious.
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- 21723 5y agoI've seen this play out over and over in the corporate world--and, yes, the "educated" white-collar people are the worst; 90% of them are sheep. It's why these companies can continue to assert their own meritocracy. No one wants to become that bitter guy who complains about the promotion he didn't get and how unfair the system is--even though he knows the company better than the true believers. I don't often find myself agreeing with Quillette (it's a conservative publication, and I'm a leftist) but this article is spot-on in its veiled critique of the centrist-liberal ("neoliberal") elite. A small number of people have managed to dominate the culture and economy by convincing us that everything is complex and that we're just not smart enough to understand anything--and, while they're not entirely wrong on the matter of complexity, I've met so many of them I can say with confidence that none of them understand what's going on either (as Covid has proved).