>I didn't react earlier on this one because I somehow missed it. Surprisingly, others didn't react either. So, why's that? They missed it also? Each and everyone? Or was there another reason, were there other reasons?
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>Only some postulations as to why people didn't react:
>1) We skip large texts and/or only react to small posts.
Not in this case. I do generally skip longish threads where nobody seems to trim the quotes. I'm getting index (finger) fatigue and may wear out the mouse wheel before its time.
>2) We all got impressed and decided to postpone replying, first having to overthink it all.
There's that, in my case. But then I know I never come back to a message to reply to it - it's now or never. The thought of replying did cross my mind but then I decided against it because of...
>3) No one felt a need, or dared, to defend the own, opposing pov.
>4) No one dared to publicly support this analysis.
>5) The analysis is not only polarizing, but also intelligent and 'new' and therefore it is risky to step in.
...6) it fits very well with what I said before. He actually expressed my thoughts better than I could. So I found I have nothing new to say that he already didn't.
>To me, the central theme you're bringing to our attention here is "Move on". You have noticed that certain people here put pressure on others to move on. Variations are: "You'll not get any further answers, so move on", "The answers won't change a thing, so move on", "What's there to gain from any further discussion, so move on", "Even BBQing is a more sensible way to spend your time, so move on", "It has always been the way things go in the IT, so, again, move on", and so on.
I've touched this partially. It's become a part of the modern culture here. I've seen that mechanism, the older version of it, in action: a screwup would happen, and the consensus was to just find out how and why it happened, no blame passed around, let's fix this, learn some and move on.
But this also applies as a great appeaser - your bank, employer, city, neighbor, whoever, screws you royally (or presidentially - depending on preference), and the "get over it, move on" mechanism is busy right away. While it can be good at preventing disputes between neighbors, it's also good at giving corporations and other powerful entities a free pass. Got screwed? Get over it, move on.
Which then creates an atmosphere in which those who don't want to forget and don't want to shut up can be painted as whiners, malcontents or any other kind of socially unacceptable dissidents.
This is, of course, great for keeping the populus under control. They're extinguishing their own fires by themselves, cool, we don't even need to police them or promise them anything. Just make sure to have a few who will say "get over it, move on" at the right time, and nobody will listen to dissidents next time when we do something.
