This reminds me of the story of Frank Lorenzo, union-busting airline exec who effectively fabricated the story of how airlines were all "struggling" as business

This reminds me of the story of Frank Lorenzo, union-busting airline exec who effectively fabricated the story of how airlines were all "struggling" as businesses to force government support of anti-union practices. It's a bit of a tangent, but the talk page on his wikipedia is one of the more fascinating fights between editors and paper doll accounts I've ever seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Frank_Lorenzo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Frank_Lorenzo