Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense - almost a covert longing - that the old corrupt structures on which that job depends needs to be, ought to be, swept away.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a desire for change, highlighting the conflict between job security and the need to dismantle outdated systems.
Tina Brown's quote captures the tension in society where individuals are focused on preserving their current jobs, yet simultaneously harbor a covert desire for transformation. It suggests that while people cling to stability, there is an underlying awareness that the existing corrupt systems, which provide that stability, are in need of reform or removal. This duality reflects the struggle between fear of change and the aspiration for a better, more equitable future.
In practice
In a discussion about workplace reform, one might use this quote to emphasize the need for change despite the fear of losing jobs.
It's one of the biggest fibs going that American newspapers are now being forced to give up their commitment to investigative reporting. Most of them gave up long ago as their greedy managements squeezed every cent out of the bottom line and turned their newsrooms into eunuchs.
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The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This is how the world changes: a counter pushed across a table, a pen stroke that alters the force of a phrase, a woman's sigh as she passes and leaves on the air a trail of orange flower or rose water; her hand pulling close the bed curtain, the discreet sigh of flesh against flesh.
Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
We focus so much on how immigrants can change America that we forget that America has always changed immigrants even more.
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