[digisign]

Also naively didn't clean house of the "Nixon men," and paid for it dearly later. Nice guys do finish last at that level, and especially in that era.

[ComputerGuru]

It wasn’t naive so much as it was a genuine attempt at healing, forgiveness, and moving past the turmoil. But the corruption won.

[digisign]

It may seem that way if one knows little about the cutthroat Nixon administration, but those folks played hardball. The kind that prolonged a war (Vietnam), killing multiple thousands to ensure getting elected. Watergate, etc. Naiveté in a nutshell, although will allow that "company culture" may not have been as well-known a thing at the time.

[raverbashing]

Yeah

Cancel culture is dangerous, but being tolerant of some behaviours (which of course are much more specific and contextual in this case) was also his downfall