I’m all for calling out exactly how Koche, Trump, etc. policies are destructive to my view of what society should be. But hazarding a guess as to motivation is the gateway to a long, slow descent. Hatred of the “other” is the meth of any political movement (and God, it is tempting). It makes the practitioner feel good. And it rots their soul.
I’m on the older side and I’ve yet to see (in my lifetime) a positive outcome to a movement that embraces hate. Even when it is well deserved, hate is the soul-killer.
Recent elections have shown just how successful that is (and no, Trump is not a Republican victory - it is everybody’s loss.)
Well, probably the same as the investors mentioned in the original comment that were pushing for greater returns. Use the unspoken threat that if I don’t feel my compensation is adequate (and there happens to be a job that pays better elsewhere) to take my services. Others will verbalize the threat. Investors are no different. The threat is investors sell the stock and go elsewhere.
