It Is Impossible To Fight Bullies Merely

If You Give Up On Politics, You're Giving Up On Democracy. And If You Give Up On Democracy, You're Basically Saying To The Moneyed Interests, The Powerful People And Institutions Of Society, Take It All. That's A Self-fulfilling Prophecy. Then We Give Up. Then We Are 100 Percent Plutocracy.

The Path To Success Used To Be Up And Through An Organization. Now The Path To Success Is Increasingly Through Self-promotion.

One Of The Most Difficult Things Is To Get Truthful People. Nobody Can Manage Well If They Don't Have A Lot Of Mirrors Around Them That Are Honest, That Tell Them What They're Doing Is Wrong Or Wrongheaded Or Misconceived. And In Every Large Bureaucracy On Earth, Most People Are Afraid To Tell The Boss The Truth.

Now, Inventiveness And Empathy, Those Qualities, If They're Together In The Same Person, You've Got An Entrepreneurial Genius. But They Do Tend To Be Slightly Separate.

Median Wages Of Production Workers, Who Comprise 80 Percent Of The Workforce, Haven't Risen In 30 Years, Adjusted For Inflation.