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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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 Can confirm with my own direct experience.
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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 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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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
@inthehands Wikipedia to the rescue for "Bristol Type 7"!
Well done!
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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@inthehands they’re all the most pathetic milquetoast bootlickers
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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@inthehands Shit like this is difference between:
"LET'S DO FASCISM!
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"Hey how about some fascism 🫶"
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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.
@gooba42 @inthehands
By a factor of 2:1, if I remember correctly.All the money in the world, and they can't buy happiness or freedom from fear. Yet if they gave it all away, they'd be happy and fear a lot less!
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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
@inthehands Yup. Essentially: "Just let us carry on making money, please."
Fuckers.
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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@inthehands The thing is, that it is obvious what happens next. You can see it in Moscow, where billionaire oligarchs routinely "throw themselves out of windows" so that Putin can cash in. The rich have the items that the strong man will want to loot in the near future. The rich have the most reliance on the rule of law. Without the rule of law, the rich are the most vulnerable. Enabling authoritarian take over is a form of suicide for the rich. They are idiots and deserve what will inevitably come for them in the near future.
He is likely to attack Jewish and gay rich people first.
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De escalation would be good if they actually meant "the guns and chemical weapons should be taken away from the people who are clearly using them and escalating every situation" instead of "people resisting the fascists should roll over and die already"
CEO-speak is wild.
"Quiet quitting" means working the hours you're paid for
"Device hoarding" means using an older device that works perfectly fine
"De-escalation" means letting those who have power escalate all they want
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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
@inthehands High-five on your use of "Bristol Type 7" as a derogatory adjective! Masterful use of language. #AbolishICE #FuckIce
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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@inthehands strategies for handling this and recovering from receiving the anger about it is the main thing I talk about when women reach out to me about their experiences in leadership
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@inthehands strategies for handling this and recovering from receiving the anger about it is the main thing I talk about when women reach out to me about their experiences in leadership
@inthehands so yes! Critical insight
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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@inthehands CityCast Twin Cities interviewed Kara Swisher (!) on this topic, and her big point was: it doesn't even really make sense for them to be weak, cowardly quislings here -- because they need to recruit and retain workers, and how the hell are you going to do that if the public perceives of your city as a war zone?
Even if you are a morally bankrupt sociopath focused only on profits, or shareholder value -- you want your city to have a good image so you can, you know, lure in workers for you to exploit...
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@inthehands strategies for handling this and recovering from receiving the anger about it is the main thing I talk about when women reach out to me about their experiences in leadership
@grimalkina
Oh wow, I had not even thought about that specific intersection 🤯 -
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
@inthehands I have no interest in finding solutions or working together with fascists. But then I also understand that capitalism and fascism go hand in hand, so it's not surprising in the least these CEOs issue this shit.
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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
@inthehands @steltenpower Are we talking Bristol Stool Scale here?
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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
@inthehands it's truly terrible.
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@grimalkina
Oh wow, I had not even thought about that specific intersection 🤯@inthehands@hachyderm.io @grimalkina@mastodon.social ah, that moment when you're grateful to have had something clarified so perfectly, while also being deeply upset by your newly deepened understanding of certain part events...
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@inthehands @steltenpower Are we talking Bristol Stool Scale here?
@sandorspruit @inthehands Today I Learnt (TIL) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale
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@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/
Fuck Tim Cook
