cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40405153
Are people surprised by this?
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2025
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Systems create behavior. Whoever enables, maintains, and protects the system is the real culprit. And going after who these folks stand up as straw men isn't going to solve anything.
These folks will go through a rotating door of CEOs with no end of supply to get what they want. It's like trying to play whack a mole with 1 hammer and a million moles.
Spending our time and attention on straw men enables those who actually have impact to continue what they're doing without obstruction.
You and I don't disagree that change is needed it seems, we just disagree on method a bit. I've been far enough to the executive ladder for multiple companies to know that CEOs have very little power and are frequently replaced for even the slightest blip.
Hell even murdering a CEO that's gotten national press hasn't moved the needle, because it was never the CEO who set the stage to begin with. It's like murdering your car mechanic because your Chevrolet is so poorly designed that the front end has to be removed to replace the lightbulbs and charges you an arm and a leg to do it. Not a perfect metaphor for sure but the point is it's not the mechanics fault they need to go through so much labor to change the bulb and thus charge for $500 in labor for a light bulb change.
As another commentator mentioned the case of Dodge vs Ford was an iconic case that can be argued set the stage for where we are today. Which I largely blame Ford for how he handled the case and his paper thin arguments for his actions.