The last paying gig I had I told everyone, including her to her face, my one job was to make my manager look good. Then I proceeded to test how layoff-proof I was.
When the inevitable happened, she lasted another two weeks.
I really like cross-axis thinking (right-left/libertarian-authoritarian) so I found this interesting:
It's hard for me to triangulate most folks on the forum, but I'd put Xist and myself in the hapless/naive/helpless corner.