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OldBaldy1701E

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59. 'New Research'? Where the hell has this person been?

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 07:35 AM

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This has been well known since the day that corporate behavior started.

It has always been about ego. Management was and is a creation that the entire world has regretted very since. Tin pot dictators with overblown egos and minimal ability. 'The Peter Principle' in practice.

As far as owners go, it seems that with great power comes great insecurity. I find that pretty wild, as they are supposed to be 'at the top' but act like they are 'living in the trenches'. So, they take it out on their employees because those same employees have no ability to just walk away without endangering their incomes. That is part of our desired socioeconomic life these days, and we don't seem interested in changing a bit of it.

Face it, a sizable part of office culture is playing 'court games'. It is a complete waste of time and ability and exists only to fuel those weak-willed idiots who find themselves with a little power and then have to figure out a way to justify it, since they have no real ability and probably got the position due to... metaphorical fellatio, shall we say? (And, maybe sometimes not so metaphorical?)

It has always been about their egos.

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