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Even in private businesses it's always these guys who are above the law / exceptions and too stupid to know otherwise that are the biggest risk... This should
by duxup 2y ago
Even in private businesses it's always these guys who are above the law / exceptions and too stupid to know otherwise that are the biggest risk...
This should be a job disqualifying act.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoI agree, but in modern USA, unthinking loyalty is valued far ahead of basic competence
- actionfromafar 2y agoIt's worse. They are using off-the-books communications to skirt the Presidential Records act, so they can delete their communications. They don't want incriminating evidence.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoIn a country that respected the rule of law, evidence of destroying evidence would be punished. However, it seems that the laws only apply to certain people.
- cratermoon 2y agoWilhoit's Law applies.
- treetalker 2y ago“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” I had heard this before but didn't know it by name. According to Slate (https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservative...) Frank Wilhoit is an Ohioan classical-music composer and first expressed the statement in a 2018 blog comment.
- deepfriedchokes 2y agoWilhoit is essentially claiming conservatives are all narcissist, which I don’t think is the case. “Rules for thee, but not for me.” People with NPD have a sense of entitlement, which is a result of the in-group/out-group framework of themselves and others that their minds create to hide their damaged sense of self worth. Wilhoit is kind of participating in the same in-group/out-group behavior, intellectually, by dismissing conservatism as just a bunch of narcissists, which itself is a very narcissistic thing to do.
- acdha 2y agoHe didn’t claim that they’re narcissists so it’s weird to criticize him for your misunderstanding. His observation is simply that there is a notable difference between condoned in-group and out-group behaviour, and that’s well established enough at this point.
- deepfriedchokes 2y agoMy point was the behavior he is describing is consistent with narcissistic personality disorder, so he’s calling them that in all but name.
- acdha 2y agoThe behaviour he described is not unique to narcissists.
- cratermoon 2y agoNotably, Wilhoit did not say "conservatives", he said "conservativism". His observation describes a philosophy in the abstract, and does not attribute motivation or intent to individuals.
- BillyTheMage 2y agoCurrently dealing with this at work myself. Boss has the attitude of "I have the right to run MY company however the hell I want, the Bible says so". Job searching sucks.