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Read up on primate behavior. Top executives are alpha males, and didn't get there without lots of compulsive control-seeking, dominance-asserting, etc. behavio

Read up on primate behavior. Top executives are alpha males, and didn't get there without lots of compulsive control-seeking, dominance-asserting, etc. behavior patterns.

inamorty 3y ago
Did Europeans descend from elves instead of primates?
- hermannj314 3y ago
  I thought the general opinion was that the percentage or working age men your society lost in WW2 determined what lesson you learned from it. America didn't lose enough men to qualify for the "collectivism" unlock.
  - marnett 3y ago
    I’ve never heard this before but I’m very interested in the concept. Who wrote about this?
highcountess 3y ago
Executives are still just a function of their masters above them, i.e., chief executives, investors, pension funds, governments, lobbyists/donors, bond holders/bankers (in that order). Executives are just functionaries, the literal managerial class or minor nobility as we know it by from the past. Those behaviors you describe have clearly shifted somewhat in the last years for very specific reasons that the system has determined that, e.g., “DEI” is more profitable and also cedes more power and control to the top, so they’ve been working hard to put in place the more profitable and beneficial structure, and the minor nobility we call executives, have been quick to implement the King’s wishes, as they’ve come down from the Dukes and the Earls, among slick presentations and videos with upbeat audio from professional propagandists called PR firms.
Reptur 3y ago
Except the concept of “alpha male” was debunked.
indymike 3y ago
> Top executives are alpha males This is not accurate at all and really has very little place in rational discussion. > didn't get there without lots of compulsive control-seeking, dominance-asserting, etc. behavior patterns Some executives in some company cultures are like this. Most companies I've worked at or collaborated with did not put up with this behavior at all.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >This is not accurate at all and really has very little place in rational discussion. I wouldn't phrase it that way at all, but it has been a studied phenomenon that C-level positions have disproportionately more individuals with psychopathic tendencies. https://web.archive.org/web/20240508223718/https://fortune.com/2021/06/06/corporate-psychopaths-business-leadership-csr/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240508223718/https://fortune.c...
  - indymike 3y ago
    > C-level positions have disproportionately more individuals with psychopathic tendencies. That is not the same thing as the stereotype "alpha male".

Read up on primate behavior. Top executives are alpha males, and didn't get there without lots of compulsive control-seeking, dominance-asserting, etc. behavior patterns.

inamorty 3y ago

Did Europeans descend from elves instead of primates?

hermannj314 3y ago
I thought the general opinion was that the percentage or working age men your society lost in WW2 determined what lesson you learned from it. America didn't lose enough men to qualify for the "collectivism" unlock.
- marnett 3y ago
  I’ve never heard this before but I’m very interested in the concept. Who wrote about this?

highcountess 3y ago

Executives are still just a function of their masters above them, i.e., chief executives, investors, pension funds, governments, lobbyists/donors, bond holders/bankers (in that order). Executives are just functionaries, the literal managerial class or minor nobility as we know it by from the past. Those behaviors you describe have clearly shifted somewhat in the last years for very specific reasons that the system has determined that, e.g., “DEI” is more profitable and also cedes more power and control to the top, so they’ve been working hard to put in place the more profitable and beneficial structure, and the minor nobility we call executives, have been quick to implement the King’s wishes, as they’ve come down from the Dukes and the Earls, among slick presentations and videos with upbeat audio from professional propagandists called PR firms.

Reptur 3y ago

Except the concept of “alpha male” was debunked.

indymike 3y ago

> Top executives are alpha males This is not accurate at all and really has very little place in rational discussion. > didn't get there without lots of compulsive control-seeking, dominance-asserting, etc. behavior patterns Some executives in some company cultures are like this. Most companies I've worked at or collaborated with did not put up with this behavior at all.

johnnyanmac 3y ago
>This is not accurate at all and really has very little place in rational discussion. I wouldn't phrase it that way at all, but it has been a studied phenomenon that C-level positions have disproportionately more individuals with psychopathic tendencies. https://web.archive.org/web/20240508223718/https://fortune.com/2021/06/06/corporate-psychopaths-business-leadership-csr/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240508223718/https://fortune.c...
- indymike 3y ago
  > C-level positions have disproportionately more individuals with psychopathic tendencies. That is not the same thing as the stereotype "alpha male".