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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2025 · 39 MIN

The Peter Principle Leftists and Zelenskyy

from Speak Freely Podcast with Patrick Howley · host Spreely Media

[EP 25-076] James Woods tweeted: Two guys who have more money than they’ll ever need are working for NO SALARY 16 hours a day to make the lives of hard-working Americans better. And all the Democrats do is bitch and moan. Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi just claimed that "If you voted for [Trump], you really need to question whether you’re American anymore." This is a particularly chilling statement from a person appointed by Robert Mueller to head counterintelligence operations... I wish Elon Musk would use DOGE to find every anti-American and anti-Trump post on social media, so President Trump knows DIRECTLY who to fire. The Peter Principle, cooked up by Laurence J. Peter, is the brutal truth that in any hierarchy, people get promoted until they’re bad at their jobs. You start off great, climb the ladder, and then—oops—you land in a role where you’re completely out of your depth. Why? Because being good at one job doesn’t mean you’ll be good at the next one. It’s like promoting a star quarterback to coach, only to realize he can’t draw up a play to save his life. The idea was laid out in a 1969 book co-written by Peter and Raymond Hull. It was meant to be satire, but it hit a nerve because, let’s face it, we’ve all worked for someone who proved the point. Now, it’s a staple of management theory—and a perfect excuse for why your boss is the way they are. In short: promotions don’t stop until incompetence does. Funny? Yes. Painfully accurate? Absolutely. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support .

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