November, 2021 archive
“He’s Never Wrong, He’s Always Right” 0
Psychologist Gustavo Razzetti takes a look at why persons, particularly persons in leadership positions, can’t admit that they are wrong (not that we’ve seen any examples of that in our public discourse in recent years). Here’s an excerpt:
This delusion gets amplified if you hold a powerful position.
Organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich coined the phrase “CEO’s Disease” to refer to this condition. It’s the result of low external self-awareness. As you work your way up the corporate ladder, you’ll start to receive less candid feedback. Your colleagues become afraid to disagree with you and start filtering what they say.
I commend the piece to your attention. It sheds a light on dis coarse discourse.
The Partisan Purist 0
Republicans no longer have a political party participating in the polity so as to perfect policy. They have become a cult of personality dedicated to disestablishing democracy and effectuating autocracy.
(Ask me nicely, and I’ll tell you what I really think.)
Image via Job’s Anger.
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
The Victim 0
PoliticalProf parses the perfidy.
Overblown 0
Methinks Jason330 has a point.
The Lies of the Land 0
Washington and Lee professor Robert Strong looks the claims that the presidential election was somehow fraudulent and find them to be almost delusional. A nugget:
Follow the link to see his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
How stupid do you have to be not to ensure a gun is unloaded before you clean it?
Aside:
As I have pointed out before, I think that, in many incidents of this nature, “clean” serves as a synonym for “fondle.”
Maskless Marauders 0
A gubernatorial marauder gets schooled.
Sadly, as the article points out, the lesson is likely shortly to be unlearned.
Rule of Flaw, Meet Rule of Law 0
Warning: Short commercial at the seven minute mark. I didn’t listen to it, but the man’s got to make a living.
Aside:
I do quite like David’s term, “Trumpist enclaves on the internet.”
