Donald Trump has been using his social media platform, Truth Social, to post propaganda since day one. That was expected by everyone who lives in the real world. But usually for Trump, or really any politician, propaganda is limited to what you can make up yourself and expect people to believe. That’s not what Trump’s […]
It’s a tough thing. Maybe it’s either do that, or lose your job or many jobs in your organization, for ultimately no benefit at all to anybody.
And thus the ratchet tightens. It is only one among millions, grand and trivial all across the country. It’s easy to judge strictly and say you should resist, if you’re not the one caught in it; and maybe you should. But with your flesh in the device the decision is different.
If they sent it in as unsigned, I’d take that as a subtle way to say “this dude wants it and is the boss, but we don’t agree”. Happens often enough in the regular business world too, some exec says do it you can lodge a protest but it’s their name on the action.
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It’s a tough thing. Maybe it’s either do that, or lose your job or many jobs in your organization, for ultimately no benefit at all to anybody.
And thus the ratchet tightens. It is only one among millions, grand and trivial all across the country. It’s easy to judge strictly and say you should resist, if you’re not the one caught in it; and maybe you should. But with your flesh in the device the decision is different.
If they sent it in as unsigned, I’d take that as a subtle way to say “this dude wants it and is the boss, but we don’t agree”. Happens often enough in the regular business world too, some exec says do it you can lodge a protest but it’s their name on the action.