Why CEOs lack courage is a good question to begin with. I'm not aware of many (or any?) successful boycotts or mass resignations around woke issues. What is so serious about angry twitter mobs that could distract a CEO from focusing solely on the business?
My theory: CEOs care deeply about the opinions of the fellow elites they rub elbows…
Why CEOs lack courage is a good question to begin with. I'm not aware of many (or any?) successful boycotts or mass resignations around woke issues. What is so serious about angry twitter mobs that could distract a CEO from focusing solely on the business?
My theory: CEOs care deeply about the opinions of the fellow elites they rub elbows with. I dub this the "cocktail party effect." Woke virtue signaling has somehow become a status symbol among the elites and they look down upon others who don't do the same (actually doing anything about such issues is not required).
And how did such values become fashionable? My theory is they help address an underlying guilt about just how bifurcated our society has become via extreme inequality etc. A lot of elites probably have some awareness that they haven't done anything remarkable to amass such wealth.
Why CEOs lack courage is a good question to begin with. I'm not aware of many (or any?) successful boycotts or mass resignations around woke issues. What is so serious about angry twitter mobs that could distract a CEO from focusing solely on the business?
My theory: CEOs care deeply about the opinions of the fellow elites they rub elbows with. I dub this the "cocktail party effect." Woke virtue signaling has somehow become a status symbol among the elites and they look down upon others who don't do the same (actually doing anything about such issues is not required).
And how did such values become fashionable? My theory is they help address an underlying guilt about just how bifurcated our society has become via extreme inequality etc. A lot of elites probably have some awareness that they haven't done anything remarkable to amass such wealth.