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Alternatively, it’s a way for bad faith actors to spread their beliefs while not having to worry about their reputation. Many people with power are only hurt th
by cmdli 2y ago
Alternatively, it’s a way for bad faith actors to spread their beliefs while not having to worry about their reputation. Many people with power are only hurt through public opinion, so this is the way they try to gain control over that.
- throw112312 2y agoThis is not what I observed in the last 8 years. People with power (both D and R) get away with anything while individuals suffer for the slightest infractions. Any given senate hearing or political speech would lead to dozens of expulsions in a standard censored software company. It is the small people who need protection.
- AlexandrB 2y agoYup. The most obvious example is Donald Trump himself. Instead of suffering consequences for any of the things he's said, he has been elected to president of the United States. Twice! Meanwhile if you repeated what he says verbatim in your workplace you might find yourself gone by next week.
- inglor_cz 2y agoYou are probably getting downvoted for being too recently-political, but I noticed the same paradox. Speech that can get one elected to presidency with a comfortable margin in the Electoral College can get another fired. We truly live in a polarized world.
- watwut 2y agoI think that reality check is that in many social groups and in many workplaces, guys who say and do "things like Donald Trump" are rewarded again and again and again. To claim otherwise is just a lie designed to make it so it stays that way.