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		sidmitra on July 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every company should be owned by its employees >We build monuments for individuals not for committee. That's the second time i'm hearing that quote today from completely unrelated sources. The quote is from David Ogilvy, in case anyone is wondering. "Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees." https://x.com/The_AdProfessor/status/1705254246109651053

binxbolling on July 25, 2024 | [–]

Seems like it's deliberately using "committee" as a pejorative to make a political point. Flip it to "you'll find no statues of groups of people" and it's patently false.

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