"ship the thing they think is wrong and let reality settle it"
Sorry this just does not work... if what is being shipped is harmful to your own work or the rest of the company I feel I should speak up.
Sometimes the person/people normally doing ego defending often tries to blame everything/one else over their view or project.
If someone is trying to defend a telnet session into a banking server, live on the internet in 2026 then hey dude this has to be called out. (( I am not saying I have been in this position in 2026 )) but even the year I was in this position it was 100% unacceptable and needed fixing. <very simple example>
A deficit occurs when the federal government’s spending exceeds its revenues. The federal government has spent $1.25 trillion more than it has collected in fiscal year (FY) 2026 - another 1.25 trillion to go for the second half of the year.
There's only one way to stop this, protesting is fine but the only way to make the point is for each state or the whole of USA to go on strike! not just for one day but weeks / months! every working person that thinks this is deranged it's only the start.
If your government can go on strike for weeks and months, why can't the normal people?
As I have some questions for him :)