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At best, Musk has responsibilities to the company, its shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders, and Musk is choosing public behavior that risks, rather
by wolverine876 4y ago
At best, Musk has responsibilities to the company, its shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders, and Musk is choosing public behavior that risks, rather than serves those responsibilities. The behavior is clearly not chosen to help those parties, and that's Musk's job.
The subtext is the unspoken 'culture war' - everyone sees it, so it's a bit bizarre to me that it's unspoken - between, on one hand, a subculture in society (including on the Internet and in business) that celebrates power (including its abuse and corruption) and disruption; and on the other hand, one that advocates responsibility, basic human dignity, productivity, and innovation.
IMHO, the former subculture, of power and disruption, is indefensible. Maybe that's why the contest is unspoken, and instead we debate Musk's behavior as a proxy.
- kareemsabri 4y agoHow is the culture war unspoken? Unless you're talking about some other culture war than the one that's been raging for like a decade.
- wolverine876 4y agoI'm not talking about the reactionary - classical liberalism culture war, if that's what you mean. I'm talking about the one described in my comment.
- kareemsabri 4y agoOkay, I don't think everyone sees that one, but maybe it's only me who doesn't see it and everyone else does.
- wolverine876 4y agoWell, I did say it was 'unspoken'. It's brazenly obvious to me, but maybe somehow other people don't see what I see. Look at the people who love to defend sociopathic behavior in every form (or at least, that's what I perceive). That's one side of it.
- throwaway-blaze 4y agoFor reference, the term "Culture War" has been in use since the 1920's in the US.
- kareemsabri 4y agoSure. I'm not suggesting the term originated a decade ago, but when people say "the culture war" colloquially today they are typically referring to the ongoing debate over topics like racism, sexism, wealth inequality, and "cancel culture" that has been ongoing on twitter, in the media, and in companies etc.
- ben_w 4y agoThe medium may have changed, but 1920s USA was still in the middle of legally mandated racial segregation; close to the beginning of women’s voting; and communism, trade unions, and taxation/redistribution were certainly still topics of discussion. While I suspect that all the info I have about what people actually thought of those things is biased by the beliefs of the people telling me today, the issue of taxation and wealth redistribution was listed in my GCSE (UK highschool) history of Great Depression USA and the transition from Hoover to Roosevelt.
- LightG 4y ago
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