the political vs the reality
The problem is that by saying ‘he completed’ his task, it appears that he worked it through to completion and did so in a satisfactory manner. The reality is that he did not; we simply shifted his work on to someone else who could provide a quality product. By performing poorly, he was relieved of the task not that he actually completed it.
This variation from reality allows him to appear to be performing up to par and continues the expectation that he can be involved and provide value to the project. But the truth is, he can’t – he actively appears to sabotage things and most of what he touches blows up.
The political side of this, I get. You have to allow those with friends in high places to do what they want. Regardless of the damage both to the overall timeline and to the morale but just because it’s ‘how things are’ does not make it something I understand. Why allow someone to get away with bad behavior. Perhaps I’m ideological but I feel like this is maybe a reason I like the law. The goal is that you are all laid equal rich/poor, educated/ignorant in the eyes of the law – guilty is guilty.
Now, I know that that often isn’t the reality. The legal system can be fickle and oftentimes the more money you have the better the outcome. But the goal is to provide equality, to eliminate the favoritism that runs rampant through society.
And while it will never be perfect, I’d rather have my life based in the pursuit of this goal then simply accepting what ‘must be’ and never trying to change it.
This variation from reality allows him to appear to be performing up to par and continues the expectation that he can be involved and provide value to the project. But the truth is, he can’t – he actively appears to sabotage things and most of what he touches blows up.
The political side of this, I get. You have to allow those with friends in high places to do what they want. Regardless of the damage both to the overall timeline and to the morale but just because it’s ‘how things are’ does not make it something I understand. Why allow someone to get away with bad behavior. Perhaps I’m ideological but I feel like this is maybe a reason I like the law. The goal is that you are all laid equal rich/poor, educated/ignorant in the eyes of the law – guilty is guilty.
Now, I know that that often isn’t the reality. The legal system can be fickle and oftentimes the more money you have the better the outcome. But the goal is to provide equality, to eliminate the favoritism that runs rampant through society.
And while it will never be perfect, I’d rather have my life based in the pursuit of this goal then simply accepting what ‘must be’ and never trying to change it.
