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Couldn't disagree more. Our expectations tend to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Expect amoral companies and you get amoral companies. Expect an unjust gover

• bigyabai 2y ago
  > Our expectations tend to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Separating an expected outcome from the factual evidence and artifacts of a situation is arguably why the justice system exists at all. Politics isn't Byrne's The Secret, you can't materialize good leadership by ignoring every issue and praying to a higher power.
  • yxwvut 2y ago
    He’s right though - indifference to corruption or malfeasance begets corruption and malfeasance. Holding your government and companies to a higher standard of behavior is both possible and necessary for a functional, durable nation. Sure, you can enforce corporate morality via regulation or governmental morality via the courts or ethics committees, but that completely ignores the concept of soft power. Laws can be broken faster than they can be enforced.
  • paulryanrogers 2y ago
    > you can't materialize good leadership by ignoring every issue and praying to a higher power. Indeed. We must be vigilant to acquire and maintain our freedoms and good governance. People suffered and some died to build the parts worth saving now. Apathy isn't going to fix anything.
• actionfromafar 2y ago
  Exactly. It's like saying culture and trust cannot exist and have never existed. And that anyone who believes otherwise is just a sucker. If you want to really see a low trust society, behold Russia.