"[Bertrand Russell] embodied a new kind of public intellectual, one who functioned as a border crosser and traveler who, like another great public intellectual, Edward Said, refused to hold on to scholarly territory or a disciplinary realm in order to protect or bolster his fame or ego".

#Careerism

Sortition, Parties and Political Careerism

Keith Dowding, William Bosworth & Adriano Giuliani, Australian National University, explore the growing distrust of politicians

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#careerism #democracy #politicalcareers #politicalparties #professionalpoliticians

I don’t give a shit what he’s thinking. What I’m seeing is a coward, who threw his country under the bus for the sake of his career.

Nothing more pathetic.

Petty #Careerism: It’s Carter Burke in “Aliens” writ large.

Being free from #CanLit #Careerism has allowed me to direct my analytical skill away from the concerns of one tasked with maintaining the status quo. Now my #publishing mission is to advocate for authors and employees harmed by the status quo, while developing alt industrial policy.

And we also need to confront the problem of #Careerism which is rampant and profoundly damaging to the culture as a whole.

At every level, you can find people who put the advancement (not just the baseline security) of their careers over everything, even the health and safety of others.

Now ignore //THIS!//

For decades (more than 3) I have warned that "just shrugging at 'little issues' with social justice would bite society in any number of ways."

You have been ambitious and just plain greedy.
Bourgeois society. Cynical and grasping.
#Careerism