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0 pointsHenryBemis6y ago0 comments

I've worked in large corporations most of my life. Each is its own ecosystem. The top dogs use their staff as minions. The tough minions get an attaboy. The weak (normal humans with a soul) leave. It is a self cleaning/adjusting system, no need to fire anyone, most people quit for softer/calmer/humane companies.

In these large companies the #1 employee is the one who crushed everyone else on their path. No strange that many high-performers are sociopaths.

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dvfjsdhgfv6y ago

> In these large companies the #1 employee is the one who crushed everyone else on their path. No strange that many high-performers are sociopaths.

I often argue with my female colleagues who see this as an aspect of patriarchy culture since these sociopaths tend to be men. I disagree because their victims have no gender, these people simply don't care who they're mistreating. Nevertheless, I met many women who perceive it as a huge gender issue.

claudiawerner6y ago

Although I'm not sure if what they're saying is true, it's entirely possible to be an aspect of patriarchal culture and affect both men and women. For instance, feminists argue that "toxic masculinity" is harmful to both women and men. Nevertheless, in my experience most people are averse to saying women have masculine traits; if a male is a strong leader, typically he's described as commanding, dominating, effective, strong-headed, whereas women in that position may be described as "bossy".

As such, if it is an aspect of patriarchal culture, it is more accurate to say that it is a patriarchal attitude that both men and women adopt, rather than it being something essentially "manly".

dvfjsdhgfv6y ago

I could agree with you, but why call this culture "patriarchal"? I'd call it "animalistic" if anything. "Patriarchal" involves male/female duality and ascribes certain features to men and women that they might not currently be comfortable having. If someone is dominating, let's just call this person "dominating", not "having male features." If we go down the rabbit hole of patriarchy, in the end sooner or later someone starts accusing men for all evil, and this is one of the greatest misunderstandings of our age.

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0 pointsHenryBemis6y ago0 comments

In these large companies the #1 employee is the one who crushed everyone else on their path. No strange that many high-performers are sociopaths.

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dvfjsdhgfv6y ago

> In these large companies the #1 employee is the one who crushed everyone else on their path. No strange that many high-performers are sociopaths.

claudiawerner6y ago

As such, if it is an aspect of patriarchal culture, it is more accurate to say that it is a patriarchal attitude that both men and women adopt, rather than it being something essentially "manly".

dvfjsdhgfv6y ago

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