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Lots of everyday people have a tremendous amount of power. C-suite executives for example. The concrete example of this is Harvard and some of the big law firm
by mlsu 1y ago
Lots of everyday people have a tremendous amount of power. C-suite executives for example.
The concrete example of this is Harvard and some of the big law firms (Jenner & Block and WilmerHale). That is what resistance looks like now.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is an example of an entity that should have resisted, but folded instead.
Unfortunately, I think a lot of the C-suite at big US corporations do not quite realize this about their position. They think that it's not their job; either that they keep their head down and the lawyers and politicians will take care of it, or something far worse, that the system has already fallen so may as well try to make concessions and go along to get along.
- ajross 1y ago> I think a lot of the C-suite at big US corporations do not quite realize this about their position It's true, that they risk the erosion of their status and the assumption of their power by the state over the medium to long term. But it is also true that in the short term they can beat their competitors by a carefully targetted bribe. There are significant upsides to getting behind the administration, and you can't ignore that. This kind of corruption is literally how feudal oligarchies form.