Same here, and it's not just the job, intellectually participating in any community larger than "small and heavily guarded" seems to be subject to the same rules - all of them eventually collapse due to the same reason except people have easier time voting with their feet.

It stops if people refuse to live within the lie.

Read Vaclav Havel's "Power of the powerless".

> Everyone knows that's a goddamn lie. I almost want to cry when I read that

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him."

Racism is anti-racist. Objective thinking is biased. Burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest.

If your allegiance is not absolute, then you absolutely do not have allegiance. So, don't question. Do.

> Burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest.

What cities burned to the ground?

minneapolis got hit pretty hard.

> In 2017 Portland ranked third. Now it has dropped to 66th out of 80.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/06/12/portland-...

The link has a paywall. Portland ranked third in what?

Third in "desirability for property developers", as if that were some kind of important metric for a city.

It is. Portland went from shockingly massively increasing home prices to declining home prices in no small part due to this.

Isn't it generally better to have affordable housing than shockingly massively increasing home prices?

Clearly not, in the context of this discussion. No city is better off by eviscerated its tax base.

Only if anyone want to live there. Why would anyone want to purchase a house or live in a place how ever affordable it is, where a mob might burn their house down.

The way I read this is that the more desirable a city is to property devs, the lower the cost of housing, which seems true. Affordable housing = Less scarcity, less scarcity comes from building more

Over 1B dollars in damage.

https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage

The article states that it’s spread over 20 states, which I think is an important caveat to note. Not that it isn’t still a large sum of money, but that it’s a far smaller sum in any given location.

Especially important to note because my original comment was in reply to someone claiming that cities had burned to the ground.

It’s an overstated claim that functions as a dog whistle.

Minnesota burned to the ground which is easy to find with any non-bias searching.

…the entire state? Come on.

> burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest

This was a conversation about quota-hiring. You wanted to link it to violence.

Take a long hard look at yourself.

I think the poster is referencing current events as paradoxical or hypocritical, not supporting them.

> burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest

This was a conversation about far leftism. You wanted to link it to non-violence.

Take a long hard look at yourself.

> I almost want to cry when I read that - it makes me so angry.

I understand this feeling. It’s because they do not at all want you to bring your authentic self. By definition, all this culture stuff is teach you who you should be at work. That’s ok. You have to run a company and you need a certain culture to do that (or at least you think you do). Fine. It’s your company. Discriminate against who you have to successfully run your business in the current cultural climate. But when you blatantly lie to my face about it and tell me to bring my authentic self, it infuriates me because I know that’s precisely what you DONT want.

Did I post this and forget I did?

I’m in the same boat.

This might be the most honest comment over ever read on THN. Thanks for posting it.

Can you expand on what you mean by "I haven't been anything like myself in the workplace for over a decade now and I'm sure I'll never be again"?

The company knows it’s a lie too.

My friend had a company all hands where someone asked “Why does our company PAC give money to politicians with anti-diversity views?”.

The answer was a lot of handwaving but ended with “It’s good for business”.

It’s abundantly clear it’s all performative. Companies are happy to talk D&I all day long, but when it comes to the bottom line they are more than happy to drop it all if needed.

You’re smart to just play the game, because it is just a game.

> and so do many, many others.

Thank you for saying it.

"In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to." — Theodore Dalrymple

> "diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full and authentic self"

My full authentic self is competent, with a streak of appathy, contempt for authority and a healthy dose of calling bosses and CEOs cunts (in person of course), follwed by an in depth explanation of why, when they are being stupid.

Have you got one of those and if not where do I sign up?

I know the feeling. At my work, the leader has started calling us a family, and that we should be a family and treat each other like family and bring our authentic selves to work. I'm not a leader, I'm a mother to 2 children, a daughter to an immigrant blah blah blah.

Fuck off with that bullshit.

Doesn't anyone know what it means to be a professional any more? I don't care about your beliefs, as long as you come to work and do your fucking job, and be respectful to those around you. How fucking hard is that?

Apparently too hard in the 21st century for so many.

I wonder if we shouldn't go back to addressing coworkers by their last names, to restore the lost sense of professionalism.

This might not apply to you, but it has helped me immensely to cut back spending money for pretty much anything. This means I get to work 70% or even less and still have a kids. I know it's not always easy, but there are people living very healthy and happy lives with minimum wage.

However I'm also aware that not everybody has that luxury, but I feel like most people have at least some options. Try to convice your boss that you can work 90% or something. Even getting rid partially of unhealthy work situations is a win.

It gets worse Khaine. New startups and companies being run by Millennial are a joke. They are too deep into this; and they encourage and nurture a culture of mediocrity.

But everything will eventually even out. Remember when it was claimed that QE will not bring inflation because MMT? How did that turn out Morties?

Will you speak up when if affects your performance or prospects for promotion?