Day: March 25, 2025

Silence is Complicity

[I posted this on LinkedIn on 23 March and it was quickly shadow-banned by Microsoft’s LinkedIn, in a demonstration of what they consider relevant or of their political allegiance. Perhaps I should have started the post off with “I’m thrilled to announce…”]

Silence is complicity.

Trump, Vance, Musk, and now we have Witkoff, who insults the UK, denies Ukraine sovereignty, thinks Putin is not a bad guy, wants the world to recognize the occupied eastern territories of Ukraine as part of Russia, and generally acts as a mouthpiece for the Russian propaganda machine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62zm4eqvp7o

Meanwhile, the democratic Party is paralyzed and unable or unwilling to act. The Democrats and Americans of conscience need to do the necessary.

There must be a change, and the 2028 election is much too late. Too much hangs in the balance, for Americans, and for people in numerous other countries, one of them in Asia. 

The time to act is now.

The Church of LinkedIn

I am exceedingly tired of LinkedIn.

It is awash with phoniness, including that of coaches preying on desperate LinkedIn users searching for “LinkedIn” success.

And I’m tired of the delusions that in general proliferate on LinkedIn.

I am tired of people who are addicted to LinkedIn and are believers in the myth that posting on LinkedIn will somehow bring them something good. Only their own efforts will bring them good, and they need to make those efforts in places other than LinkedIn.

LinkedIn itself is a delusion, and the disturbing reality is that the delusion called LinkedIn has been bought into by a frightening number of people.

I guess people want to “believe” in something. LinkedIn is sort of a religion that gives them something to believe in without having to ask for evidence. If you need that, go for it. I prefer the evidence-based real world beyond my computer screen.