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    Milton was the best: playing music that distracts your coworkers and reduces productivity, engaging management and taking up their time about quibbles, muttering incoherently leading to lost time due to miscommunication, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and setting the fucking building on fire.

    Be like Milton.

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    • “Insist on doing everything through ‘channels.’ Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.”
    • “Make ‘speeches.’ Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate ‘patriotic’ comments.”
    • “Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.” “Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.”
    • “‘Misunderstand’ orders. Ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can.”
    • “In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that the important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers of poor machines.”
    • “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”
    • “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.”
    • “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.”
    • “Make mistakes in quantities of material when you are copying orders. Confuse similar names. Use wrong addresses.”
    • “Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the number of movements necessary on your job”
    • “Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once. Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.”
    • “Snarl up administration in every possible way. Fill out forms illegibly so that they will have to be done over; make mistakes or omit requested information in forms.”

    But … but we’re already doing every single one of them 🥺

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      • “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”
      • “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.”
      • “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.”

      Holy shit, my workplace must be trying to sabotage fascism…

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      Please tell me that’s not actually what they tell you to do.

      Where’s the bombs and general strikes?

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        Almost half of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. A strike means they can’t feed or house their kids. Corporations have Americans by the balls and they know it.

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          Nope. Soup kitchens are cheap and easy.

          US Americans are just too stupid to turn to their neighbor and work together

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            Nope. Soup kitchens are cheap and easy.

            Yeah, so is eating out of a dumpster. Jesus Christ. Have you ever even talked to a homeless person?

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              I spent years eating dumpstered food when I lived in the US. You’re proving my point.

              Have you ever even volunteered with Food Not Bombs?

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                Did you feed your kids out of dumpsters? And if so, were any of them autistic kids who would only be willing to eat things they approve of and starve otherwise? I hope not.

                But I’m guessing your suggestion is either force-feed them or let them starve.

                Also, do you know one of the reasons they take your kids away from you and put them in abusive foster care? Because you’re homeless.

                Basically your whole idea is advocating child abuse.

                Amazing how many people here think you should put the welfare of others over your own children.

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                  Its clear you’ve never dumpster dived before. Its usually wrapped in food grade containers. Completely sanitary. And good stuff, like super fancy expensive pastries.

                  And food not bombs works with restaurants and groceries to get the food before they even put it in a dumpster, just before its thrown out.

                  Seriously, please find your local chapter of Food Not Bombs and volunteer. You would learn a lot. Feeding people is not an issue in the US.

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    Report imaginary spies

    Sounds like a good way to get your buddy Bob taken out and shot.

    When fascists starts suspecting everyone as spies, good people die.

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      “Report imaginary spies” = bad.

      “Let other people’s children be homeless and starve for your cause” = good.

      You have some fucked up priorities.

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      I thought the idea was to invent reports about fictional people not to create fake reports about real people.

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    This will be declared a terrorist document create by a evil government as soon as trump hears about it. Its not like he can read well enough understand it.

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    I was expecting something subtle, some sort of resistance from within type stuff.

    Warehouses, barracks, offices, hotels, and factory buildings are outstanding targets for simple sabotage. They are extremely susceptible to damage, especially by fire.

    Not so much.

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        So many countries ended up with fascist autocrats with the help of the CIA. Way before Reagan.

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        The CIA was created to protect capital interests while pretending it’s for the American people… They are like the heart of global fascism. Them and the federal reserve banking system.

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        The cure was disabling fascism long enough to let it get conquered by not-fascism.

        But that doesn’t work in the USA because we will get conquered by More-Fascism.

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          The truth is that the south has perfected the art of double speak and gets away with saying horrid dog whistles for 40+ years and then blushes and puts their finger on their chin and goes “whoooo, meeee?” when it’s called out for what it is in plain English. “I wouldn’t feel responsible if anything happened to Fauchi” while simultaneously calling him evil the devil wicked china virus and then removing a security detail. But because Trump didn’t explicitly say “I hope harm comes to Fauchi and you should get him” it doesn’t count. It’s bullshit and everyone knows it.

          One political party has played by the rules while the other rewrites their language and erodes their purpose and claims that party 1 doesn’t play by the rules enough. Moving goalposts.

          Democrats will always fight over the rules while Republicans are busy changing the game and watching everyone catch up too late.

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    I wonder what the purge at our intelligence agencies will be like. They were never good agencies, they did a lot of shitty stuff, but they did it because “America”. Now that the Chief Cheeto is in charge, who has insulted the USIC on many occasions, and cozies up to dictators and Nazis, there have to be a not insignificant number of USIC people that want nothing to with Combover in Chief, so they’ll get the boot to be replaced with some jackbooted NKVD Commissariat trump sycophants.

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      It’s relatively easy to envision.

      Assume each agency (not just the 3-letter ones, any) had X% of fascists and fascist-friendly people. The other 100%-X% will be fired. So just the X% remain.

      On the one hand, the agency is now severly crippled as it lacks key personell, and probably the firings aren’t evenly spread through departments and key positions, meaning some aspects don’t work at all any more (separating air traffic is one, for a simple example), while others still mostly work. On the other hand, all remaining aspects are now 100% fascist in their nature, and will always take the fascist option if one presents itself as anyone who would not do so has been removed.

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    I don’t spot the difference between this and how most modern day corporations are operated:

    • “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”
    • “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.”
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      “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”

      So is this why DEI exists?

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        Non-white, non-males must be less efficient. Surely thats why they have been paid less and gotten less promotions.

        Nice try, Mr. Cultural Marxism.

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        DEI exists because racists often have hiring power. It doesn’t force the hiring of the unqualified, it supports the qualified from not being discriminated against.

        Nice “centrism” btw.

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            Because most supposed “centrists” don’t really have a balanced centrist opinion at all. Most “centrists” seem to believe that being politically and socially uninformed is the most reasonable and intelligent take, saying “I’m not taking sides because I’m better than that” in a literal holier-than-thou sense of superiority, basically proud of their ignorance, who ends up doing more to hate on protestors and bend over backwards for the status quo. They’re about as right-wing as it gets, just quieter and absolute absence of a spine.

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          So riddle me this, why is it hard to believe that DEI type policies could be plot by some organization or country against the U.S. when there’s literally a field manual which says that such policies should be used against “fascists”. People on Lemmy call the U.S. imperialist all the time.

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            The flaw in your argument is the false equivalency between minorities (people the DEI programs are there to support) and “inefficient workers”.

            Are straight white dudes exempt from ever being considered inefficient? That’s silly.

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              DEI goes beyond hiring. If you have a sizeable office but no comfortable and private area for new mothers to pump breast milk that’s being inequitable to them. Same for maternity and paternity leave policies. These are not about giving advantage to minorities.

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                That’s fair, but those don’t decrease efficiency consistently enough to be a viable method for simpe sabotage. There are better ways to decrease efficiency in ways people won’t notice. Everyone notices DEI because it’s so divisive.

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              No, I didn’t say minorities, you’re assuming that. I was pointing out the part in the text which says, “fight fascists by creating bureaucracy”. There are lots of articles already which point out that DEI is for all identities, not just POC.

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                The plain and simple truth is that DEI often increases, not decreases, efficiency and productivity. It does this by creating accommodations for efficient workers who would, without them, not be able to work, such as in the new mothers example. It also increases efficiency by combating existing institutional racism and allowing for good, efficient workers who would otherwise be hedged out of the system, to have a chance to participate. A good friend of mine has pointed out that their company is not, under any circumstances, going to let go of their DEI policies because it’s lead the best and most efficient departments they’ve ever had.

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                I didn’t say POC anywhere in my comment.

                These identities are minority identities. Women, POC, LGBT+ communities are all considered minorities. There are legitimate reasons for DEI, including increasing efficiency in workplaces, which doesn’t line up here, because in this doc the increase in bureaucracy is for the purpose of decreasing efficiency.

                Some studies I’d like to cite regarding my claim on Diversity practices increasing efficiency:

                https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30765101/

                Results: Most of the sixteen reviews matching inclusion criteria demonstrated positive associations between diversity, quality and financial performance. Healthcare studies showed patients generally fare better when care was provided by more diverse teams. Professional skills-focused studies generally find improvements to innovation, team communications and improved risk assessment. Financial performance also improved with increased diversity. A diversity-friendly environment was often identified as a key to avoiding frictions that come with change.

                https://dinastipub.org/DIJDBM/article/download/2986/1924/12080 (This one is a PDF) CONCLUSION This study shows that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have a significant positive impact on employee performance.

                I also found this article from Harvard that explored practices that don’t increase efficiency, however, when they don’t work, the reason is usually unconscious bias and racism:

                https://hbr.org/2024/06/research-the-most-common-dei-practices-actually-undermine-diversity “These methods often exacerbate existing biases and fail to address systemic barriers, perpetuating organizational inequities. For example, diversity and harassment training programs frequently focus on blame, legal consequences, and unconscious bias. Employees are often told they are biased, and managers are informed that they will be held accountable if employees are accused of discrimination. This is counterproductive because employees tend to react with resistance and anger to these messages, inadvertently increasing discriminatory behavior.”

                The reason I am including this is that even if the end goal was to decrease efficiency, it would have to be the goal of management, not the regulatory bodies, because management are the ones choosing these methods, and if it were management’s goal to decrease efficiency, they would be able to do this without DEI requirements.

                My overarching point here is, while I understand your skepticism on DEI practices, there are much simpler and cheaper ways to perform the methods in the original post, making DEI an extremely unlikely culprit.

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            There is more merit to people in a meritocracy than grades alone.

            Do you not believe in getting opportunity? Can you recall a few times people took a chance on you? What if nobody ever did?

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              Please stop. I literally made this thread a while back

              https://lemmy.world/post/15392191

              I believe in people getting opportunities. What I don’t like are thought police, or thought correction officers.

              Left authoritarianism is still authoritarianism.

              I also don’t take it for granted that someone talking about “empathy” or “compassion” necessarily doesn’t have ulterior motives.

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                  DEI is for all identities, not just POC. Creating more process is part of the the CIA field manual for fighting fascists, hence the question, are more bureaucratic jobs being created in some misguided attempt to “fight US imperialism”?

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                No, I won’t. Considering what you wrote in your linked post, why are you asking such strange questions?

                Thought police? Yet you’re ok with being told not to touch/compliment women’s butts at work??

                I won’t stop because you’re hilariously inept 🤣

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                  I am asking these questions because we already have EO laws and ADA policies. We also have anti-harassment policies. What does DEI add that’s new other than create more bureaucratic jobs?

                  From my perspective, DEI just creates divisions between groups by splitting people into distinct identities.

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    Remember when reading this that it was written for a time long past. There are cameras and other electronic tracking everywhere now. Even if you can avoid detection, much of the methodology described here just doesn’t apply to modern machines, telecommunications, and other systems.

    But read it all anyway. (It’s not that long.) The mindset you will need to employ is plainly communicated and remains valid today. Be observant, be creative, be careful, and [email protected].

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        Crimp (damage by bending) the Ethernet cables.

        I’m siding with the fascists on this one.

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      The modern approach for grinding everything to a halt is to push for migration to M365 in your workplace.

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        You jest, but you’re not wrong.

        Pushing to “improve processes and efficiency” for as many people as possible, where that requires changes to what people do - and especially changes to the applications they use - means a whole lot of retraining and mistakes. Office workers are hardly different than factory line workers. They do the same thing over and over every day, and if anything changes, they’re flummoxed.

        This also serves to reveal more clearly which workers are more and less adaptable, so that you can focus any of your efforts. Either get more in the way of the more productive people, or take advantage of less productive people to effect a larger error.

        Edit: And if your “improved processes” are complicated enough, this gives other people who want to resist more opportunities to employ malicious compliance.

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      It only worked back then because after Germans followed the manual to weaken the Nazis, other countries came in and destroyed them.

      If the equivalent happens in the USA we’re all fucked.

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      Explains why the item substitutions on my Walmart orders are so fucking nutty (like I wanted blueberries, but they didn’t have a specific brand I clicked on, so they give me raspberries but of the same brand, instead of another brand of blueberries).

      “I hate the Waltons, which is why I am working to bring Walmart down from the inside.”

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        Did a Walmart pickup order around Thanksgiving because I didn’t want to fight the crowds, they substituted Lemon Jell-O for vanilla pudding, because the boxes are kinda the same color?

        Anyway, that was the last time I did a pickup order, so I guess they won?

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        Perhaps not always consciously, but yeah, I’m sure they’re pressured for speed and paid as little as legally possible.

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    Hell yeah! This is great! I’m glad I’m not the only one sharing it around to friends and neighbors. True resistance is not the flashy stuff; it’s a whole of society approach to stop fascists in their tracks. True resistance is the sum total of small acts to inconvenience and impede a fascist.

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      Yeah, it’s called taking out the competition. If you wanna win a race you gotta know where to throw the banana peels.

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        I wouldn’t go that far. It’s pretty simple we are Our Own Worst enemies. They just have to get us in fighting amongst ourselves and that’s pretty much it.

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      They’re not pro-fascism any more than they’re anti-fascism. They’re extremely pro-doing-what-we-fucking-tell-you, and anti-not-furthering-US-interests.

      Fascists are typically good at doing what someone stronger than them orders, so they’re easy to work with. Anyone who’s willing to ignore what needs to be done in favor of someone else’s agenda and their own personal ends is viable though.