4/2/2025 at 1:15:04 PM
Even in private businesses it's always these guys who are above the law / exceptions and too stupid to know otherwise that are the biggest risk...This should be a job disqualifying act.
by duxup
4/2/2025 at 1:59:06 PM
Currently dealing with this at work myself. Boss has the attitude of "I have the right to run MY company however the hell I want, the Bible says so". Job searching sucks.by MountainMan1312
4/2/2025 at 1:37:35 PM
Wilhoit's Law applies.by cratermoon
4/2/2025 at 4:50:27 PM
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”I had heard this before but didn't know it by name. According to Slate (https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservative...) Frank Wilhoit is an Ohioan classical-music composer and first expressed the statement in a 2018 blog comment.
by treetalker
4/2/2025 at 9:02:07 PM
Wilhoit is essentially claiming conservatives are all narcissist, which I don’t think is the case. “Rules for thee, but not for me.” People with NPD have a sense of entitlement, which is a result of the in-group/out-group framework of themselves and others that their minds create to hide their damaged sense of self worth.Wilhoit is kind of participating in the same in-group/out-group behavior, intellectually, by dismissing conservatism as just a bunch of narcissists, which itself is a very narcissistic thing to do.
by deepfriedchokes
4/3/2025 at 12:55:44 PM
He didn’t claim that they’re narcissists so it’s weird to criticize him for your misunderstanding. His observation is simply that there is a notable difference between condoned in-group and out-group behaviour, and that’s well established enough at this point.by acdha
4/3/2025 at 6:31:18 PM
My point was the behavior he is describing is consistent with narcissistic personality disorder, so he’s calling them that in all but name.by deepfriedchokes
4/3/2025 at 10:04:30 PM
The behaviour he described is not unique to narcissists.by acdha
4/3/2025 at 10:27:31 PM
Notably, Wilhoit did not say "conservatives", he said "conservativism". His observation describes a philosophy in the abstract, and does not attribute motivation or intent to individuals.by cratermoon
4/2/2025 at 1:20:29 PM
I agree, but in modern USA, unthinking loyalty is valued far ahead of basic competenceby ndsipa_pomu
4/2/2025 at 1:28:05 PM
It's worse. They are using off-the-books communications to skirt the Presidential Records act, so they can delete their communications. They don't want incriminating evidence.by actionfromafar
4/2/2025 at 2:10:50 PM
In a country that respected the rule of law, evidence of destroying evidence would be punished. However, it seems that the laws only apply to certain people.by ndsipa_pomu