Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by solveit on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:13AM
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The theory is actually that some people have standards, some people just want to advance, and in the long run the latter will inevitably dominate the organization.
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by bell-cot on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:42AM
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Yep. About as "conspiracy" as "managers in the XYZ Corp. Sales Dept. are all eager to make XYZ Corp's products look good".
Meanwhile...the US Army's Public Affair Dept. is headed by a 2-star general (same rank as the top general in command of an entire Army Division), and its mission is:
"Public affairs fulfills the Army's obligation to keep the American people and the Army informed, and helps to establish the conditions that lead to confidence in America's Army and its readiness to conduct operations in peacetime, conflict and war."
(Source: https://www.army.mil/publicaffairs/ I'd guess that the Navy, Air Force, etc. all have similar...)
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations
by floorballchamp on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @12:12PM
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Not necessarily. Good company leadership pushes against this and keeps the people with standards.
This kind of statement assumes a too simple model of the involved actors.
Some people have standards and want to do good. Some of them work in Hollywood. And some of them in your city's administration. Not everybody is as selfish and unethical as portrayed here.
Maybe it reflects on the person expressing such theories though.