How do people end up going along with corruption if their company is carrying out some kind of scam? The studies show that it’s always a step-by-step process. You accept one aspect of it: “Well, everybody else is keeping double books, so I can, too. That’s just what people do in this company, and it’s normal.” And then the next step is: “I’ll do this … [ Read more ]
Author: Anne Applebaum | Source: Vox | Subject: Articles & Links
There is one sentiment, I think, that links the people who were once part of the center-right — the anti-communist movement in Poland or Reaganism or Thatcherism — and who began to change in a different direction over the past decade or so: disappointment.
These are very often people who are disappointed, and they are almost always disappointed with their society. Whether it’s the superficiality … [ Read more ]
Author: Anne Applebaum | Source: Vox | Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Sociology | Anthropology