A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue

@j12t I strongly oppose that assumption about pocket cash.

$1 per month is out of pocket cash for even the poorest of the poor, if they get a value out of it that is more than what they put into. Note that you are addressing people with a smartphone and internet as customers, they have money, and they want to spend it wisely for their own profit.

The poor are to be taken seriously as customers.

What value can a social network offer someone with only limited cash? This you can find out by proper "Customer Development" as defined by Steve Blank.

Talk to them before you make assumptions.

Having a product so bad that people don't want to spend 1$/month is a sign of a strong need to work on the value proposition, sales, marketing, and invest into product management.

There is a lack of entrepreneurs focussing on making products for the poorest of the poor by talking to them, says
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortune_at_the_Bottom_of_the_Pyramid?utm_source=chatgpt.com

And
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqh8r3Z1e8I

Cross-financing as you propose leads to #patronizing .

It's rather cheap to seek respect through the use of a pronoun.
#InstagramExodus #threadsExodus #respect #fakes #manipulation #patronizing

Die Heuchelei von #Scholz ist eine unglaubliche Frechheit. #Patronizing Selbst keinen Funken Ehre.

Being anti-religion should include speaking against Islam without being labeled an Islamophobe. Enough of the thought police.

#religions #Islam #patronizing #thoughtpolice #politicalcorrectness #antireligious #islamophobia

From the effing (#Murdoch owned) #WSJ December 2020:

“Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter. Any chance you might drop the ‘Dr.’ before your name? ‘Dr. Jill Biden’ sounds & feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic.

(🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻beyond condescending #patronizing)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-white-house-not-if-you-need-an-m-d-11607727380

I have been criticized in the past for repeating the observation—not original to me—that the entire #Republican platform depends on persuading people to #vote against their own #interests.

This is #patronizing, I’m told. I just don’t understand what their interests are. Get out of that #urban #liberal #bubble! Who the hell do you think you are, anyway, telling other people what they need?

Well, here it is, in the starkest possible terms. Republicans are willing and indeed eager to #suffer, as long as they think people they #hate are suffering more. There is no other explanation. None.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/21/poll-republican-voters-trump-desantis-2024

#Charity? “Just” #brand building? #Market distortion? Great #Marketing & #PR? #Altruism? #Patronizing?

I don’t know.

I accept, that “I have (and have been) #programmed myself” to #interpret situations & actions of others in #unconsciously #predetermining ways.

I want to reflect more on why I interpret the way I do, this year.

And try to view it from the opposite. Maybe it helps broadening my horizon ;-)

Happy New Year!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64126998

A tip for using #mastodon - posts in this style are the worst. You don’t need to do them anymore. #twittermigration #mastotips #patronizing

আপনাদের অনুরোধ,বাংলায় হ্যাশট্যাগ ব্যবহারের উদ্যোগ পছন্দ হলে আমার এই টুটটি রিটুট করুন।কমেন্টে সকলে বাংলা ইংরাজি মিশ্র হ্যাশট্যাগ দিন আমার মতো করে।অন্যান্য পোস্টেও দিতে থাকুন।সম্ভব হলে সকল পোস্টের শেষে এই নতুন উদ্যোগকে #বিজ্ঞপিত #patronizing করুন।

@IanThistlethwaite @Mellifluence @Basdriver to my mind, it doesn't matter if people want to be #patronizing or even downright #idiotic on here. I learned a long time ago that what others think of me does not have to be connected - in any way, shape, or form - to my #self-worth. I like what I like, and if they don't like it, I don't give a #ratsbacksides.
I'm gonna be me. If you be you and speak with me like intelligent people speak, then we're good.