The way they interpret bad press is never, “my idea is bad.” Instead, they think, “my idea was misunderstood.”
So until the people change, they same kinda of policies will continue to be pushed until they stumble upon a way to present it that doesn’t generate loud resistance.
That’s a constant at any big company, regardless of the type of work the company does as a whole. The higher-ups talk to each other and down to the rank-and-file in nonsense corporate-speak, congratulating each other for accomplishments they had little to do with or even actively impeded. Meanwhile, the people actually doing the work just go about their day, getting things done.
Every once in a while, we all get together and try to decipher what the “leaders” actually meant in their big presentation about the plans for the company in the coming year and it’s going to affect us.
The other part of the lie is how hypocritically inconsistent the ideas are applied as well.
Government should stay out of our private relationships! Unless you’re both the same sex.
Government should let us live how we want! Unless you’re trans.
Government shouldn’t interfere with religious liberty! Unless you’re Muslim.
You apparently only get to exercise personal liberty if you fit their narrow view of how they think it should be done.
Unless you’re a profit-generating enterprise I guess, then you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as the shareholders are happy. And we better not let big scary government interfere with that.
“My daddy told me books don’t make a man”
Sure, but not reading doesn’t make a man either.