Political cliques are tit-for-tat, Survivor-esque pyramids, each asshole scrambling and fighting to be on top. Your group should be focused on raising each other up and protecting customers from the assholes’ terrible decisions. When an alliance of assholes starts spreading lies, or stealing ideas, or taking over projects they have no business touching, they will parrot each other’s words to leadership. They will make sure they all have the same narrative. They’ll back each other up until they’re impossible to ignore. That’s when your team needs to have a counternarrative. The
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