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Could be but > They respect the company mission as written, but what they really value is what the leaders of the company show they care about. > Grifters are
by gchamonlive 2y ago
Could be but
> They respect the company mission as written, but what they really value is what the leaders of the company show they care about.
> Grifters aren’t very good at changing the culture of their organizations. They tend to go with the current instead.
To me loyalist fits this well, not because they are necessarily going to do dirty work, but because they are loyal to the rules that are in place.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoNo you're right, it's a better label. I just am too much of a believer/anarchist to see loyalty as any better than grift. A grifter does their own evil, a loyalist does someone else's. I'm not sure which is more repugnant but I'm sure that my view on this is quite biased. I guess that makes me the target audience re: > this article is really aimed at people who are trying to have a bit more empathy for the assholes they work with
- gchamonlive 2y agoThis discussion would benefit a lot from The Banality of Evil, but I'm definitely not the best one to introduce it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem But I think it would very much argue in favor of people being on average more like loyalists. Just regular Joes trying to get a promotion and causing untold damage in the process.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoI had heard the phrase, but didn't know where it came from. Based on the wiki, I think I'm inclined to agree with the author. Do you recommend it? I could use something a bit less abstract than my typical fare...
- gchamonlive 2y agoI didn't read the book, that's above my paygrade. But a good introduction would be the episode on Philosophize This about the author