Daniel Rothschild on the politicisation of everything: "the politicization of everything.. is unhealthy to our civic fabric" - [ENJOY] [PEACE]
Zenaan Harkness
zen at freedbms.net
Mon Oct 26 17:33:02 PDT 2020
A very grounded, and very timely public letter on the hyper partisanship that one or two of us have noticed is doing the rounds these days:
One Client Responds To "Vain, Narcissistic" CEO Of Expensify After Unsolicited Political Email
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/one-client-responds-vain-narcissistic-ceo-expensity-after-unsolicited-political-email
Over the weekend we wrote about the CEO of San Francisco-based
tech company Expensify - one of the world's largest providers of
expense account software - and his decision to email the company's
10 million clients pleading with them to vote for Vice President
Joe Biden.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/san-francisco-tech-ceo-emails-10-million-customers-urging-them-vote-biden
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Hi David,
I'm writing about the unsolicited email that you sent last
night to many of my colleagues - and, I gather, millions more
users around the globe.
Let me start by saying that I have no objection to you having
strong feelings about politics. Those strong feelings are
shared by many at the moment among partisans of all stripes.
Supporters of President Trump and Vice President shared by many
at the moment among partisans of all stripes. Supporters of
President Trump and Vice President Biden both cast this
election in apocalyptic terms, the result no doubt of strongly
held feelings.
My feelings on politics aren't as strong as yours. But I do
have strong feelings about another matter: trust. For a variety
of reasons, America is becoming a low-trust society. Conspiracy
theories abound, relationships are breaking down on partisan
lines, and the institutions that are critical to a free and
open society are being undermined in many cases by their own
actions that destroy trust.
Your email contributes to this breakdown in social trust.
David, we selected Expensify as a vendor based on trust - after
all, you have financial information for us organizationally as
well as the personal information of hundreds of my colleagues.
You also have our email addresses. We trusted you with our
private information. You have violated that trust.
I also have strong feelings about another matter of public
interest: the politicization of everything. A healthy society
cannot exist if its political tribalism invades every aspect of
commercial, civic, and community life. Team Red and Team Blue
have gone from being who we vote for to, in many cases,
lifestyle determinants. That is unhealthy to our civic fabric.
And again, your email has exacerbated this. Until last night, I
saw Expensify as a pioneering company that made my life a lot
easier. Now, I see Expensify as a Team Blue company.
To be clear, I'm not writing this as a member of Team Red. I'm
not on that team. I'm not on any team. Millions of Americans
are in the same boat.
Frankly, we're sick and tired of partisans on both sides
telling us that we need to ally ourselves with one team or
another. And if I may be more blunt, we're especially tired of
being told this by people who have built an app or look good on
camera. You have no special insights on public policy or
politics, and the fact you think we need to have your opinions
placed in our inboxes is vain and narcissistic.
David, last night you chose to violate the trust your company
has built up and politicize your company. That is, I suppose,
your right. But this country cannot endure without trust and
apolitical spaces. And fixing these underlying issues is a far
deeper and more important issue than the next election.
Sincerely,
Daniel Rothschild
Well said Daniel! However, we suspect all David can think of are
the stack of virtue-signaling points he achieved in the new
social-credit-scoring system after The Great Reset.
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