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Is there any reason why this is addressed to Barack Obama instead of, say, tech CEOs? The President doesn't have the power to set business norms. One thinks tha
by jacoblyles 18y ago
Is there any reason why this is addressed to Barack Obama instead of, say, tech CEOs? The President doesn't have the power to set business norms. One thinks that if one wanted to affect business norms most directly, one would address business leaders. There are far more business leaders than Presidents, and one would only have to influence a subset of them (instead of 100%) to start a trend.
- puzzle-out 18y agoSanta's finished, then. "Dear Barack Obama, for Christmas this year I want..." From over here in Europe, these Obama-pleading articles do come across as unamerican - we always thought that if the Yanks wanted to change things, they just did it. This article is more reminiscent of a pleading courtier at a thuggish Medici court.
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