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David Kindltot's avatar

and this is the best description I can find of "stakeholder".

You get put into a position where you have to comply or lose everything. The kicker is that everything can be taken from you whenever it suits someone who has power over you, anyways.

That is your "stake" and the situation makes you desperate to keep it. Once we get to that place, any action becomes justifiable as long as it preserves your hold on it.

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Chris M's avatar

We decided to move from our state after the local school district started addressing us parents 'stakeholders' in all their emails. It started at the beginning of COVID, when everything trended toward "comply or ....".

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