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Bullshit, a technical term [1], is not falsehood, but words used with complete and utter disregard as to whether they are true or false. Corporate bullshit is the instrumental use of such words to "make the right noises" and create some semblance of solidity from the gaseous evacuations of "executive" types. That includes corporate mottos, mission statements, and product descriptions, and to a large extent privacy policies, ethics statements and corporate responsibility pledges.

All fun and games.

The only downside is that our tolerance for such mischief has rendered any sincere communication void. Nobody with a business that actually wants to trade on these values has a chance.

Perhaps that is the point of this semantic spam, to discombobulate and jam the value perceptions of the public so much that they are unable to differentiate anything genuine from the tide spewed by the shit-pedlars.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit




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