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False equivocation. The problems are not all of the same severity, and it is a fallacy to say they are "all the same" just because you use the same word, probl

• jonnathanson 14y ago
  I didn't say that. In my post, "problem" was referring to the parent post's "politics organized around moving up." My point is that most corporate cultures have elements of that focus on upward mobility. Obviously its prevalence varies from company to company. But I'd rather take a culture with an over-focus on upward mobility and potential for upward mobility than a culture with even a lesser focus on upward mobility, but less potential for it (due to all the dead weight). I'm not holding "focus on upward mobility" equal in that assessment.