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Most business leaders are smart enough not to talk politics because they understand how politics works (divides people) and is contrary to their business.
by chvid 2y ago
Most business leaders are smart enough not to talk politics because they understand how politics works (divides people) and is contrary to their business.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> they understand how politics works (divides people) More than that: it's human nature to identify lines of disagreement when observing within your in group. You and I might agree on 99 things, but we will suss out–with preternatural efficiency–the one we disagree on. (Again, if we identify as being in the same group. Travel to a foreign country and you'll notice similarities.) Taking public positions on anything tends to leave some people happy, most people uninterested and a lot of people furious. It's why experienced politicians tend to have a few drums they beat--the ones who are undiscplined get weeded out. Musk takes a position on everything.
- FloorEgg 2y agoThis is the best take I have seen yet in this whole post.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoSomething I've been pondering for a while now is the intersection of human speech, public speech, and public desire for consistency and accuracy. Many if not most people develop opinions about the world by trying them on for size and engaging with it. In our daily personal life, people might say something dumb in the morning and change their mind by dinner. Despite this being fundamentally human behavior, few things outrage the public as much as public characters who are inconsistent. CEOs and politicians especially are expected to never change their minds or positions, even on multi decade timescales.