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A comment on Shamelessness as a Strategy (2019). Parent comment
Along with "Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent".
As far as cult-ish secular institutions go, Scouts was/is a pretty good one.
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I totally agree that the normalization/expectation of over-the-top greed is our biggest moral failing since the 80s, as a culture.
CEOs of national enterprise used to make 10x the lowest-paid employee, and were shamed by their network if they tried to cross that threshold.
There are many factors contributing to the new norms, it will take a lot of struggle to move them in the right direction.
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Along with "Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent".
As far as cult-ish secular institutions go, Scouts was/is a pretty good one.
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I totally agree that the normalization/expectation of over-the-top greed is our biggest moral failing since the 80s, as a culture.
CEOs of national enterprise used to make 10x the lowest-paid employee, and were shamed by their network if they tried to cross that threshold.
There are many factors contributing to the new norms, it will take a lot of struggle to move them in the right direction.