[itake]

What successful organization isn't cult-like, where everyone sings the same song?

[JohnFen]

Most of them. No organization can function well if people don't push back when they see it going off the rails.

Dissent is an important part of good collaborative decision-making. Demanding that everyone "sing the same song" or get out eliminates the ability to adapt, improve, and correct.

[IAmBroom]

How did you come to this weird world-view? People argue, politely, in every meeting I attend at work, in my hobbies, and while gathering at social functions.

[itake]

In the tech world:

- Musk, Zuckerberg, Trump, Bezos, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Travis Kalanick,

In politics:

- Trump, Xi, Putin, Biden [0], Obama [1]. When the republican party couldn't elect a chair, they were seen as dysfunctional.

If you can't sing together, the purpose fails:

- Quibi: founders disagreed. company failed.

- The Beatles (Lennon vs. McCartney)

- Soviet Union: Central Communist Party wanted to preserve the union, but republics (Baltic states, Ukraine, Georgia, etc.) demanded independence.

- Yugoslavia: Deep ethnic, religious, and national divides (Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Slovenes, etc.), each with different visions of the future.

[0] - Biden fired Gerald B. Wright for loyalty to Trump. Rodney Scott disagreed with Biden's immigration strategy and was also fired.

[1] - General Stanley McChrystal was fired for critical comments about Obama.

[braebo]

Democracy (pre fascist coup).

[itake]

Biden fired Gerald B. Wright for loyalty to Trump.

Biden also fired Rodney Scott for disagreement on immigration strategy.

Obama fired General Stanley McChrystal for critical comments about Obama.

What year did it suddenly not become ok to fire people that disagree with you?