Growing up, we're taught that it's important to always tell the truth and that we should, further, point out and draw attention to any wrongdoing that we witness in the world around us.
These points are even beaten into our heads in the US in the form of various folktales about historical United States presidents and other prominent figures doing "the right thing" when the chance was presented for them to do otherwise. Of course, while stories like "Honest Abe and the Six Pennies" serve as great lessons and offer a great idealistic view of the world, you'll be very disappointed when you grow older and discover that most politicians would sooner go to that lady's house to rob the rest of her cash too then make a trip all the way up there just to return six cents.
Similarly, you'll be disappointed to find that people generally don't like having the things they're doing wrong pointed out, especially when those things are strategically financially benefitting them. You'll also come to find that generally there are people with a lot more authority involved behind the scenes who also won't like having these things pointed out and it's far less likely that everyone is going to clap and cheer for you than those stories would have you believe.
This machinist was fired, along with his coconspirators, for exposing the shady president's embezzlement scheme. This, ultimately, also led to the destruction of the company's expensive CNC machine by the remaining unskilled and untrained workers.
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