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[–] natecox@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair, I feel like almost everyone I’ve ever met would be too emotional to be president.

We failed pretty horrifically at screening the bullshit out though. Like, god damn.

[–] EndRedStateSubsidies@leminal.space 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The greatest illusion of humanity is that reason is a default state.

We are hormonal meat beasts that require decades to tame to any productive end and even still we are all literally one phone call away from losing our shit completely.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

There’s no way I can handle a phone call of any kind. Honestly even a mildly annoying Teams message would probably be enough to send me off the deep end.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah this is why facts and evidence aren't that persuasive. We're all emotional first. All of us

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh, Patil of India was allegedly pretty corrupt, using government money to build a retirement home among other things. Park Geun-Hye (S. Korea) was jailed for corruption. We’ve had corrupt female corporate heads in the US, like Elizabeth Holmes. I’m not trying to butwhatabout at all, just that people in power are susceptible to corruption and fuckery regardless of being a woman or man. Per-capita, women are probably better, they’ve often had to work harder than men to reach higher office and don’t want to give anyone more fuel to muckrake on them.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

dont think holmes count, and also its based on mysogyny why corporation put females as ceos just before the company is failing or collapses, there was aterm on reddit someone explained how the male BODs place a female in charge so she takes the blame for it. She dint become the ceo on her own, it was with another man is the reason why she was there in the first place.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It’s called the “glass cliff”

I don’t think Holmes qualifies for a pass, but yes, women can be used as the fall guy for corporations in trouble.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago

yea that was the term im looking for, dint want to sound like the comment came from a sexist source.

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