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   Shauna GM (shauna@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 03:51:41 JST Shauna GM

   Been watching people's reactions to the assassination of the healthcare CEO.

   At the same time I've been reading Sidney Dekker's Just Culture which opens with the story of a pediatric nurse who faced criminal charges for an accident that led to a newborn's overdose. Despite systemic issues that led to the accident.

   I've also been thinking about cancel culture.

   People blame and punish individuals when systemic change feels unreachable. But too often punishing individuals protects the system.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 03:51:39 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     > People blame and punish individuals when systemic change feels unreachable. But too often punishing individuals protects the system.

     @shauna Interesting. Suddenly reminded of the Jack in the Box rebranding. And nobody even died then

     I don't think violence tends to work very well as a solution and it can escalate, but I do agree with everyone who's calling out the hypocrisy of an absolute manhunt against killing a CEO while cops literally being pardoned for executing innocent people regularly

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 03:56:45 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     @shauna If you're not familiar with it, Jack in the Box had a huge scandal from E. Coli killing and sickening a bunch of people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%E2%80%931993_Jack_in_the_Box_E._coli_outbreak

     Then there was a big "rebrand" where the mascot came in and "retook" the company, appearing to wipe out corruption. Literally nobody was fired (and definitely not killed) but it was a PR move that successfully changed the public image and the brand rebounded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-rgqDhnLoU

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     Shauna GM (shauna@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 04:00:43 JST Shauna GM

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     • Christine Lemmer-Webber

     @cwebber oh my god that's one of the most depressing things I've ever heard