The corporate world is mourning a titan, but are we glorifying a CUTTHROAT LEGACY built on American RUINS? Lou Gerstner, the ruthless outsider who seized IBM’s helm in 1993, has died at 83, and the obituaries are WHITEWASHING a brutal truth.
Hailed as a savior, Gerstner’s “miracle” was a MASSACRE in disguise. He didn’t just “reshape” IBM; he SLAUGHTERED its soul, axing tens of thousands of loyal employees, selling off the family silver, and shackling the pioneering tech giant to soulless consulting. The stock soared 800%? Of COURSE it did—he turned a legendary innovator into a hollowed-out service shop, prioritizing Wall Street’s hunger over Main Street’s future. This wasn’t leadership; it was FINANCIAL BUTCHERY.
Worse, his playbook became a CANCER spreading through Corporate America. The Gerstner Model—slash, cut, repurchase, outsource—is the very recipe that has decimated the American middle class, exported our industrial might, and left communities in dust. From RJR Nabisco to boardrooms at The New York Times and AT&T, his influence NORMALIZED the idea that employees are liabilities and stock price is god.
Now, as billionaires and CEOs pour out praise, ask yourself: did this man truly save a company, or did he execute the FIRST STRIKE in a decades-long class war that enriched the few at the expense of the many? The sleek, service-driven, job-killing corporation you hate today? You’re looking at its founding father. He didn’t save American industry; he BLUEPRINTED its dismantling.
Author: Kayitsi.com
