Comments on problem statement

Scott W Brim swb at employees.org
Sat Jul 5 11:51:52 CEST 2003


On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 06:30:16AM -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip allegedly wrote:
> 1.1
> 
>    These failures are just those that afflict many small organizations
>    trying to make the transition from a small organization which can be
>    run informally and where essentially all participants fully share the
>    aims, values and motivations of the leadership,
> 
> That is NOT the issue, the problem has nothing to do with shared values,
> this statement contains exactly the type of arrogant assumption that has
> poisoned relationships between the establishment and the proletariat.
> 
> When there is a problem with the proletariat refusing to be led blindly the
> establishment complain sniffily about 'lack of shared values' - thus putting
> themselves up on a pedestal.
> 
> Can't you folk see how insulting this attitude is?

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