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How on earth could one consider that case to exemplify paternalism in any fashion? "Detail-oriented engineers overruled by schedule-obsessed management." Film at eleven.

He talked about bringing a shotgun to work to stop the launch. Perhaps it would be better to say it exemplifies what the paternalists imagine they are doing.

You're really stretching the definition of paternalism with that one.

One could more easily see the managers as the 'parents' who thought they knew better than the engineers below them, though, making it say quite the opposite of what you are trying to say.