Marketing, sales, and PR all require a certain streak of sadism to be good at
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All 3 exploit what is probably the most basic middle class trait: fear of managing your own risks
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You don't. You manage the fear and increase your tolerance for much you can handle as risk levels increase.
Your thumb is right on something about how power works, at least power with a fascistic flavor. The rhetoric, the displays of aggression, all ramp the perception of risk; the contradictions join them in widening the uncertainty. It becomes overwhelmingly preferable to acquiesce.


