CEOs seem to have settled on calling for “de-escalation” as their euphemistic non-response to the horrors we’re experiencing in Minneapolis, and this quisling shit pisses me off so much I can’t even https://mastodon.social/@MikeElgan/115970651228010281
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@inthehands they’re all the most pathetic milquetoast bootlickers
Seriously, my freelancing has shown me the inner workings of a •lot• of different companies, I’ve heard a lot of corporatespeak in my day, and…this letter from a bunch of Minnesota CEOs —
❝we are calling for an immediate deescalation of tensions❞
❝state, local and federal officials to work together❞
❝find real solutions❞
— is some of the most hollow, tone-deaf, embarrassing, Bristol Type 7 dribble I’ve ever heard from corporate leadership.
https://www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-letter-more-60-ceos-minnesota-based-companies
They are talking about gangs of white supremacist fascists conducting street executions using federal money.
“find real solutions”
my dude
no
In my experience interacting with them, CEOs are all over the map as human beings — some incredible jerks, some surprisingly decent, a few truly marvelous people — but on the whole, and increasingly so as the company gets larger, they are some of the most fear-driven people I’ve ever met in my life.
@inthehands one thousand percent agree as a psychologist who has had the opportunity to up close and personal see a lot of CEO thinking, behaviors, and their relationships
@inthehands one specific thing that triggers majoritized folks in power so deeply is people without the fear that they have