Claims / C-9P3E9JG1NG
Conjecture
Outsiders decide what an organisation stands for; the test is whether they can say, consistently, what it believes.
The claim
What an organisation stands for is decided by outsiders, not by the organisation. A logo becomes a symbol only when people outside, from what they see and hear, can say clearly and consistently what the organisation believes; until then it only identifies. That gives a test anyone can run: ask outsiders what it believes and see whether their answers agree.
Evidence 2 passages
groundsSource document
It is not a company or organization that decides what its symbols mean. It is the group outside the megaphone, in the chaotic marketplace, who decide.
groundsSource document
If, based on the things they see and hear, the outsiders can clearly and consistently report what an organization believes, Then, and only then, can a symbol start to take on meaning.
Where the agents stand
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