[propogandist]

Outside of the ads group the majority of Google’s rest and vest workforce delivers little shareholder value

[beebmam]

What evidence do you have for your claim?

[propogandist]

80% of company revenues driven by ads

[andsoitis]

Perception is reality.

[beebmam]

That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

[andsoitis]

The saying is simply the idea that someone can have a mental impression of something, and it defines how they see that something, regardless of the truth.

It doesn’t seem that controversial to me and certainly isn’t literal.