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  3. 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

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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  • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

    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

    Paul CantrellI This user is from outside of this forum
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    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

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    • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

      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

      Matthew ReinboldM This user is from outside of this forum
      Matthew ReinboldM This user is from outside of this forum
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      #5

      @inthehands Yepper. And given that *same day* Cook sat in a private screening for "Melania", itself essentially a money-laundering vehicle for Bezo's MGM to the White House, it's beyond mealy mouthed. https://theintercept.com/2026/01/27/apple-tim-cook-trump-alex-pretti/

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      • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

        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

        Paul CantrellI This user is from outside of this forum
        Paul CantrellI This user is from outside of this forum
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        #6

        They are talking about gangs of white supremacist fascists conducting street executions using federal money.

        “find real solutions”

        my dude

        no

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        • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

          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

          Preston MacDougallC This user is from outside of this forum
          Preston MacDougallC This user is from outside of this forum
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          @inthehands Milquetoast #broligarchs are deadweight for #democracy in the #UnitedStates.

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          • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

            They are talking about gangs of white supremacist fascists conducting street executions using federal money.

            “find real solutions”

            my dude

            no

            the elder seaE This user is from outside of this forum
            the elder seaE This user is from outside of this forum
            the elder sea
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            #8

            @inthehands Abolition is a real solution. They are the abusers. They need to stop or be stopped.

            Corpspeak sounds close enough to corpsespeak that I think it's fine to say it's the official language of ghouldom.

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            • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

              They are talking about gangs of white supremacist fascists conducting street executions using federal money.

              “find real solutions”

              my dude

              no

              the elder seaE This user is from outside of this forum
              the elder seaE This user is from outside of this forum
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              @inthehands Also, CEOs be like "fin...al solutions"

              😬

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              • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                They are talking about gangs of white supremacist fascists conducting street executions using federal money.

                “find real solutions”

                my dude

                no

                Paul CantrellI This user is from outside of this forum
                Paul CantrellI This user is from outside of this forum
                Paul Cantrell
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                #10

                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.

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                • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                  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.

                  Cat HicksG This user is from outside of this forum
                  Cat HicksG This user is from outside of this forum
                  Cat Hicks
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                  @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

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                  • Cat HicksG Cat Hicks

                    @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

                    Cat HicksG This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @inthehands one specific thing that triggers majoritized folks in power so deeply is people without the fear that they have

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                    • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                      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.

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                      @inthehands I have worked with many CEOs and founder-types, relatively closely in many cases.

                      I can confirm that they're not the ubermensch that the VC crowd likes to pretend they are.

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                      • Cat HicksG Cat Hicks

                        @inthehands one specific thing that triggers majoritized folks in power so deeply is people without the fear that they have

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                        @grimalkina
                        Strong agree on both counts, and if we take these observations empathetically and not just as passing jibes, they offer surprising insight

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                        • Cat HicksG Cat Hicks

                          @inthehands one specific thing that triggers majoritized folks in power so deeply is people without the fear that they have

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                          @grimalkina @inthehands YES! Witnessed more than once in my own work experience.

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                          • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                            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

                            TimoT This user is from outside of this forum
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                            Timo
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                            @inthehands Statistically, some of the CEO's are actual fascists. But the ones that speak out a lot are all Ayn Randers: The 'takers' are in the streets, so they don't care.

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                            • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                              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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                              W6KMEW This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @inthehands Is that the same Tim Cook in the viral video of Tim Cook repeatedly brownnosing Trump while eating dinner with him?

                              Unfortunately, I doubt it will affect Apple sales. The koolaid is just too strong.

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                              • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                                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 If blame for the current situation could be apportioned by job title, I would guess that value for the statistical mode maps to the title of CEO.

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                                • Cat HicksG Cat Hicks

                                  @inthehands one specific thing that triggers majoritized folks in power so deeply is people without the fear that they have

                                  your auntifa liza 🇵🇷  🦛 🦦B This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @grimalkina @inthehands my whole life in the United States has been a long series of Pikachú faces from white people because i don't fear them. even David Bowie feared them and wrote a whole ass song about it. i just don't.

                                  and, just to be clear: this *is* an expectation from GRINGOS, your sundry ugly white american. i have never had this experience in Puerto Rico, Canada or Europe. this is a very specific gringo, white supremacist expectation.

                                  they hate it when you don't fear them.

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                                  • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                                    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.

                                    Rob ZazuetaR This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Rob ZazuetaR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @inthehands Can confirm with my own direct experience.

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                                    • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                                      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.

                                      UrzlG This user is from outside of this forum
                                      UrzlG This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Urzl
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                                      @inthehands In broad studies of humanity, fear of loss tends to be a stronger motivation than anticipation of gains.

                                      The more you have to lose, the more you have to fear. Executives and investors make whole careers out of structuring the world so everybody else absorbs the losses.

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                                      • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                                        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

                                        RoberttheReaderR This user is from outside of this forum
                                        RoberttheReaderR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @inthehands Wikipedia to the rescue for "Bristol Type 7"!
                                        Well done!
                                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale

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                                        • Paul CantrellI Paul Cantrell

                                          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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                                          Thomas 🔭🕹️T This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Thomas 🔭🕹️
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                                          @inthehands they’re all the most pathetic milquetoast bootlickers

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