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Re:Steve Jobs's response after getting a Google employee fired. by lostInTheWoods3 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @10:26AM (#7473558)
Make a public example of this termination

WTF? When did this become feudal Japan?

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Re:Steve Jobs's response after getting a Google employee fired. by jjoonathan on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @10:37AM (#7473644)
There are two cases where the "obey me without question or else" atmosphere is particularly useful:

1. In the military, where debates and disagreements could create fatal communication problems and delays

2. When the people in power need to suppress a truth that would otherwise be outed in the normal course of discussion

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