“Lesley, seriously? I wish you were my boss! That’s a ridiculously over the top way to advocate for your employee!”
No, it’s not ridiculous, people should be treated equitably and well like humans by companies, and their wellbeing and future success is heavily my responsibility… #management
@hacks4pancakes
Perhaps it is the lessons of high school... (no wait hear me out)
The cool kids control the universe and those not cool enough will accept & do all sorts of things to even be semi-adjacent to cool.
They will remain silent when the jock gives a nerd a swirlie, because
1 - thrilled its not happening to them
2 - still knowing next time it could be them
3 - protecting the jock from repercussions is a small price to pay for dry hair
See also: Ted Cruz
@hacks4pancakes @That_AC it’s worse than that. It’s privilege. Put people in a position of privilege and they have less empathy. Paul Piff has done some really interesting research on this.
So if the nerds have privilege they are just as bad (on average).
Believing ones own hype, that they made it here ALL on their own so they deserve all of the accolades & benefits when often they did none of the work.
See also: Elon
@That_AC @hacks4pancakes yes that’s it exactly. Most people who clearly got lucky will ascribe it to skill, that they deserved more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk is the Paul Piff Ted talk that covers exactly this
@That_AC @hacks4pancakes haha ok that’s hilarious. YouTube shared the ad not the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk
Sorry!
What throws a wrench into this for me, is those people on the bottom who rail against higher taxes on the very wealthy, wealth they themselves will never obtain outside of powerball.
The belief (delusion) that they are temporarily inconvenienced billionaires so someday they might have to pay higher taxes.
Their towns water supply is killing them but in 15 yrs they don't want to pay more in taxes for their fortune so they vote against their own interests.
@That_AC @hacks4pancakes well that’s game theory. It’s the feudal system all over again. In a repeated game we should maximise shared gains. But if you can convince lots of people to lose you can win big!
There has been some interesting stuff on how minorities are more likely to support the status quo. It’s because a vulnerable group’s experience is that things can absolutely get worse.
@hacks4pancakes @That_AC like the song says
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
Lesley Carhart 
That Anonymous Coward
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