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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

Refreshing! Delightful! If only people like Ragnar existed somewhere besides your fertile imagination, Citizen, what a world it would be. Yes, there are a few - the Red Bull owner for one and Mike Rowe, too. I read what Spotify's insect leader had to say to his drones, and it was sickening.🀒 Your Ragnar is just the antidote I needed.

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π™‚π™Šπ™Šπ˜Ώ π˜Ύπ™„π™π™„π™•π™€π™‰'s avatar

Those two are great examples. There used to be so many of them with spines not so long ago. Where did they all go?! Blackrock doesn't invest in them probably and the WEF won't have them in their evil club.

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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

I suspect that there are many many that go about their business under the radar. In fact, my business is one - we are tiny so not under the burden of very much bureaucratic legalese and b.s. and it surely helps to be located in and serve the red states. Our company manufactures and supplies products for the producers (farmers) who feed this country. No stupid HR department in our company. I live the dream and am so grateful to wake up every day to do a job that is rewarding and to work with the company founder who is the epitome of the entrepreneurial spirit - never give up! never give in! 30+ years of nothing but hard work, tenacity, grit and determination has provided a very nice living for himself, his employees, and our customer base. There are many like us - we truly are the spine of this country.

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RE Nichols's avatar

Also Gab. You can find me there.

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FrancoLite's avatar

At some point not long so ago this could have been a real company letter. But then it wouldn't have been needed.

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Ruth H's avatar

Omg I was so hoping this letter was real, but the wording was so perfectly in line to how I wish corporate leaders would react, I knew it was too good to be true. Too bad you Good Citizen isn’t in charge. How refreshing would that be!!

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Ruth H's avatar

Aren’t in charge-grammar correction

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Hello300's avatar

Upon reflection, a daycare center is not the best analogy. The daycare center is not run by the children. Perhaps the best analogy is that Spotify is like an insane asylum run by the inmates.

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RE Nichols's avatar

Used to teach. I have seen public school classrooms where the kindergartners were running things. Lol

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Doug's avatar

I don’t see department of education giving up their power to screw up everything, to the kidsπŸ˜‚

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RE Nichols's avatar

Been a few years since I taught.

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dee's avatar

Thats the kinda letter people need the balls to write

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KLR's avatar

I was wrong about Rumble's offer to Rogan it's 100 million dollars! https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rumble-joe-rogan-spotify-pavlovski/2022/02/07/id/1055821/

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serafino bueti's avatar

Reportedly, Rumble offered Joe $100 million to come over to their platform, and to restore all of the podcasts that spotify dumped. So, although that announcement was not as buckswashlingly presented as your Ragnor scenario, it carries some of the same spirit and gumption!! Cheers to you on another excellent piece...from your lips to God's ears. We are getting there!

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π™‚π™Šπ™Šπ˜Ώ π˜Ύπ™„π™π™„π™•π™€π™‰'s avatar

Yes. Nice to have rumble and substack. Hopefully they hold the line.

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John Ferguson's avatar

Now THAT"S how this should have been handled from the start. Cheers to Ragnar for his eloquently laid out redemption. We have felt like Sisyphus, pushing the bolder up the hill, only to find it back in our laps. This feels like the hill has finally been crested and we're going to see it rolling down hill on the OTHER SIDE for a change. Sweet.

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John Ferguson's avatar

Oops!! Thought it was too good to be true!! Well, that's what we can hope that it looks like soon. I do feel like things are breaking. But all in its own time.

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π™‚π™Šπ™Šπ˜Ώ π˜Ύπ™„π™π™„π™•π™€π™‰'s avatar

No problem. You're not alone. One day we'll read something like this and all celebrate the return of sanity.

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Mimi60's avatar

This just made me happy, someone with the balls to speak the truth and call out the easily triggered mental health cases.Bravo! Thanks for posting this.

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Karina's avatar

I just subscribed Good Citizen. Not much I know but I hope it helps keep you writing! Always appreciate your great talents! Thank you.

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Tex Manchester's avatar

Hahahaha. Any CEO with any sense should send this out immediately, edited for their business type.

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KLR's avatar

Sure wish this were true. I heard that Rumble offered Rogan 1 million to move over to them, I hope he takes it!

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JVC's avatar

Ah--if only it were true. Well, it is true that all "good" things come to an end, and it does seem to me that the pendulum is beginning to swing away from the "woke" and back towards the place the rest of us live. Can Only hope I live long enough to see it get there.

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Skeptical1's avatar

Help! I need a safe space/crying room. Can't handle all of this toxic masculinity!

😁

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The Watchman's avatar

I think you hit all the right points. Good one!! Linking once again @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/

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CTak's avatar

Yay! Maybe you could also pen a letter from the Whoopi I wish would have not cowered to the gatekeepers of manufactured division. Call her Whoopee!?

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