The Democrats today are Dean Wormer and Dolores Umbridge rolled into one. And nobody, least of all young men, likes stuffed shirts and schoolmarms who are always shushing and scolding you.
As a now retired 35 year HR pro, I wish I could refute the stereotype of HR people. However, many are rule trolls driven by policy and precedure. I did not operate that way, and I found HR professional gatherings to be little more than whining bitchfests. I certainly do see the parallel the author draws.
I disagree: the Democratic party, to me, represents freedom and support: love who you want, be who you want, do what you want, and try not to prevent others from doing the same. The Republicans, to me, represent absolute individual freedom: do whatever you want, make as much money as you want, think whatever you want, and don't let government or consideration for others get in your way. We wouldn't need HR (or some Dems, for that matter) to come across as scolding if people weren't selfish assholes...if they treated others with respect and truly engaged in live and let live. It's not that complicated: civilization and democracy thrive when people aren't assholes and try to get along.
Curious if you’re GenX or older Millennial because I think you have the perfect impression of both parties from around 2007-2012, give or take a couple years. But it’s not like that today.
But, warning! If you presist, then you'll bump into this pearl: "I say this as someone who left a job at National Public Radio because I just couldn’t handle filling out my Kronos automated time-sheets". Like, "I don't read Pravda because... it's a rag". All I found in this article were Pesca Chesnuts.
Reader: you should stop reading at this HR sentence: "The Democratic party feels not so much as infuriating and threatening but as a kind of annoying bummer".
Did he just call Democrats limp dicks in the intro?
I’m in for the duration on this one . . .
The Democrats today are Dean Wormer and Dolores Umbridge rolled into one. And nobody, least of all young men, likes stuffed shirts and schoolmarms who are always shushing and scolding you.
As a now retired 35 year HR pro, I wish I could refute the stereotype of HR people. However, many are rule trolls driven by policy and precedure. I did not operate that way, and I found HR professional gatherings to be little more than whining bitchfests. I certainly do see the parallel the author draws.
The link to the piece in the Atlantic is -- at least for now -- broken. Here's the correct URL:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/democrats-are-the-hr-department-of-political-parties/680634/
I disagree: the Democratic party, to me, represents freedom and support: love who you want, be who you want, do what you want, and try not to prevent others from doing the same. The Republicans, to me, represent absolute individual freedom: do whatever you want, make as much money as you want, think whatever you want, and don't let government or consideration for others get in your way. We wouldn't need HR (or some Dems, for that matter) to come across as scolding if people weren't selfish assholes...if they treated others with respect and truly engaged in live and let live. It's not that complicated: civilization and democracy thrive when people aren't assholes and try to get along.
“If people weren’t such selfish assholes . . .” Yes, you are awfully generous . . . with other people’s money.
Curious if you’re GenX or older Millennial because I think you have the perfect impression of both parties from around 2007-2012, give or take a couple years. But it’s not like that today.
But, warning! If you presist, then you'll bump into this pearl: "I say this as someone who left a job at National Public Radio because I just couldn’t handle filling out my Kronos automated time-sheets". Like, "I don't read Pravda because... it's a rag". All I found in this article were Pesca Chesnuts.
Reader: you should stop reading at this HR sentence: "The Democratic party feels not so much as infuriating and threatening but as a kind of annoying bummer".