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.
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".
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.
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".