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by burnt-resistor 327 days ago
Of one part, those who thrive in corporations must appear to drink the Flavor Aid.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

And then another part is the professional working class of privileged, moderately-to-highly educated, and brimming with ego without nuance or ambiguity while skewing to the tendencies of less wisdom, struggle, and wide-ranging life experience. There isn't much internal or external motivation towards integrity, self-improvement, or commonwealth investment.

There are exceptions and they are gold.