Post B2iNhzaIQVZP1FReAy by elston_@noauthority.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2iNhxOAacgKD3kvzs by elston_@noauthority.social
       2026-01-27T14:20:20Z
       
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       1/4Headline: "Despite running $75 billion automaker General Motors, CEO Mary Barra still responds to ‘every single letter’ she gets by hand."https://share.google/MKH623pjSzZoFXYaAQuestion:Is Mary Barra destroying GM by prioritizing ideology over business?The Evidence:EV Overcommitment - Barra pledged to eliminate gas vehicles by 2035, not because customers demanded it but to lead on climate. Now GM loses $30k+ per EV sold while demand lags.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iNhyaG99wjuqQ6To by elston_@noauthority.social
       2026-01-27T14:23:36Z
       
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       2/4Failed Basics:While chasing ESG awards & the "electric future," GM's core products are failing. The 2.7L turbo, transmission problems, quality control collapses - bread-and-butter engineering is broken while leadership focuses elsewhere.Stakeholder Capitalism:Serving everyone (workers, communities, environment, shareholders) means accountability to no one. Divided attention, diluted results.Has GM been run to win in the brutal global auto market, or to earn approval from ESG raters?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iNhzaIQVZP1FReAy by elston_@noauthority.social
       2026-01-27T14:29:50Z
       
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       3/4Under Barra, GM has increasingly adopted characteristics associated with feminized institutional culture:Consensus over decisiveness - Stakeholder capitalism requires pleasing multiple groups rather than making hard, unpopular choices.Social approval over market dominance - Prioritizing how GM is perceived (climate leader, diverse employer, responsible corporate citizen) over whether it's winning against competitors.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iNi0QlHRXNdxzXxA by elston_@noauthority.social
       2026-01-27T14:35:50Z
       
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       4/4Risk aversion in execution, recklessness in ideology:Won't fix basic engine problems or failing strategies, but will make massive ideological bets on untested EV timelines.Compassion theater & fundamentals decay:Focus on being seen as caring (about climate, stakeholders, etc) while actual customers get defective engines.Under Barra, GM has become less focused on hard metrics—reliability, profitability, market share—& more focused on soft metrics like ESG scores & social positioning.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iNi13OxmRhZo4PBI by truthbait@noauthority.social
       2026-01-27T14:52:24Z
       
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       @elston_ Once again, we are in complete agreement. What’s happening?!?!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iOHDvl50QreGHcqO by amerika@annihilation.social
       2026-01-27T15:56:33.863222Z
       
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       @elston_ Sort of like most international corps during the 0'Bama/0'Biden years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iq9Vxqwb8hylNKoS by elston_@noauthority.social
       2026-01-27T20:44:47Z
       
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       @truthbait If we stay off topics of foreign wars and taxpayer support for the government of a particular tribe that wear funny little hats, then we can get along."Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
       
 (DIR) Post #B2iq9X0j3P21Dxj8vg by amerika@annihilation.social
       2026-01-27T21:08:53.535339Z
       
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       @elston_ @truthbait John Wilkes Booth did nothing wrong except being four years too late