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Modern PR and corporate values statements are distinctively pathological because they are designed to never face an opposing advocate.
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Economics professor at the University of California
the distinctive modern pathology is unopposed rhetoric: values statements and PR that pre-empt criticism as they are designed to never face an advocate on the other side.
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↗CROSSPOST: NICHOLAS GRUEN: Hobbes on Spin & Bullshitbraddelong.substack.com
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