What doesn't seem to get discussed so much (that I've seen) is that in doing so she also destroyed the promoters of an advanced social and political consciousness.
The propensities to brown-nose upwards, to blame those less fortunate and throw those in similar situations under the bus for the sake of personal gain or when threatened are so widespread that I'm close to taking them as the human norm. Which suggests that principles of solidarity and joint action to the benefit of all are sophisticated notions that require constant reinforcement from an effective, broad-based organization.
The lack of cultivation of such principles would also ramify into other areas, such as attitudes toward "juvenile offenders". The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
The propensities to brown-nose upwards, to blame those less fortunate and throw those in similar situations under the bus for the sake of personal gain or when threatened are so widespread that I'm close to taking them as the human norm.
This tendency must also be cultivated. That's what Murdoch, Springer and their ilk are for. Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.
This tendency must also be cultivated.
You have greater faith in humanity than I do. :-)
I tend to view these tendencies as the default mode, requiring less cultivation than de-inhibition.
But believe me, I would love to be proved wrong. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
