Raoian Sociopaths are distinguished by being only able to interact via “power talk” (i. e., they’re at Simulacrum Level 4), and if I recall correctly, the same is true of Moral Mazes’ middle managers. The latter aren’t really buying into the signals, they don’t actually have loyalty to the company or whatever (which defines the Clueless). They’re just cynically exploiting all those mechanisms for self-advancement. Thus, they are Sociopaths.
Also, here’s a devastatingly powerful argumentum ad verecundiam in my interpretation’s favor.
Yeah makes sense that the Moral Maze Middle Managers are sociopaths, but, I think The Office middle managers are still clearly following status gradients in a straightforward way.
Raoian Sociopaths are distinguished by being only able to interact via “power talk” (i. e., they’re at Simulacrum Level 4), and if I recall correctly, the same is true of Moral Mazes’ middle managers. The latter aren’t really buying into the signals, they don’t actually have loyalty to the company or whatever (which defines the Clueless). They’re just cynically exploiting all those mechanisms for self-advancement. Thus, they are Sociopaths.
Also, here’s a devastatingly powerful argumentum ad verecundiam in my interpretation’s favor.
Yeah makes sense that the Moral Maze Middle Managers are sociopaths, but, I think The Office middle managers are still clearly following status gradients in a straightforward way.
Ah, I see. Yeah, I think you’re right with this correction. (I was slightly misunderstanding what you were getting at before.)