Boeing is one of the two largest aviation manufacturers in the world (Airbus is the other). They are also a large part of our state (Washington state), given their commercial airplane division is headquartered here (despite the main HQ leaving almost three decades ago).
Boeing is a perfect analogy for Washington and the US. Get woke, go broke. Of course the leadership is in the bag for DEI--they are a publicly traded company--and DEI matters more than competence, quality, or profit.
I just had a thought, could be completely off base, but here it is. I suspect the culture of Washington was much more moderate--maybe even somewhat conservative--when the largest employer (besides DOD) was a plane manufacturer instead of a software developer, a retail giant, or a coffee company.
When the primary products of Washington were material--apples & planes--the culture reflected reality. Now, with so many of the most wealthy earned their money in the digital world--they can continue the fiction into the real world.
The consequences are so much greater when it is agriculture and physical products instead of software. A plane falling from the sky cannot be saved with a software update.
Boeing is a perfect analogy for Washington and the US. Get woke, go broke. Of course the leadership is in the bag for DEI--they are a publicly traded company--and DEI matters more than competence, quality, or profit.
I just had a thought, could be completely off base, but here it is. I suspect the culture of Washington was much more moderate--maybe even somewhat conservative--when the largest employer (besides DOD) was a plane manufacturer instead of a software developer, a retail giant, or a coffee company.
When the primary products of Washington were material--apples & planes--the culture reflected reality. Now, with so many of the most wealthy earned their money in the digital world--they can continue the fiction into the real world.
The consequences are so much greater when it is agriculture and physical products instead of software. A plane falling from the sky cannot be saved with a software update.
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Very informative, thanks!
There are multiple retired Boeing employees who live in my area of Okanogan County