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0 pointsdanharaj9y ago0 comments

Yes. There's been a decades-long smear campaign against public management of common infrastructure.

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It is truly unfortunate that among those perpetrating the smears are the public managers themselves, in the guise of doing their jobs.

What do you call a smear campaign against a target that's actually incompetent?

vkou9y ago

What do you call an indiscriminate smear campaign against a large target, parts of which are incompetent, and parts of which are competent?

"Self-serving"?

Politics.

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It is truly unfortunate that among those perpetrating the smears are the public managers themselves, in the guise of doing their jobs.

What do you call a smear campaign against a target that's actually incompetent?

vkou9y ago

What do you call an indiscriminate smear campaign against a large target, parts of which are incompetent, and parts of which are competent?

"Self-serving"?

Politics.

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