Reading this long post is probably way too much work for the people it describes, named here as the 'business idiots'. The fact that I did read an entire 13,000 word post in pursuit of a 100 word commentary is something business idiots don't understand. And that's Ed Zitron's point. I've learned my own version of the lessons Zitron describes here through a 45 year career: that the primary qualification for management is obedience; that loyalty in management is always upwards; and that managers don't care (can't care) about the people who work for them, the actual work they perform, or the customers they serve. Zitron identifies a cause for this trend - the pursuit of shareholder profit above all else - and details the symptoms in lavish detail. The article is written in a tech context, but the application is not limited to tech.
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