I had my "moment of clarity" on that when my (at the time) employer described their WuFlu policy stages and how they determined when to move between them:
Someone (who knows who) set some "objective" criteria that allowed a location to transition between stages. Most likely based on what the CDC and/or WHO said
Each location had an "advisory committee" which would monitor local progress and make a "recommendation" to some higher-up thousands of miles away
Someone (who knows who) thousands of miles away would take this "recommendation" into consideration and make a determination
The "objective" criteria made sure no one had to actually make a decision. The "advisory" nature of the local committee ensured the local employees couldn't assign blame to their peers and ensured they felt no responsibility for their decision, and the physical disconnect between the higher-up making the decision for the locale ensured he could simply feign ignorance of the local conditions and place responsibility on the committee.
That was when I knew there was no one at the wheel.
I had my "moment of clarity" on that when my (at the time) employer described their WuFlu policy stages and how they determined when to move between them:
The "objective" criteria made sure no one had to actually make a decision. The "advisory" nature of the local committee ensured the local employees couldn't assign blame to their peers and ensured they felt no responsibility for their decision, and the physical disconnect between the higher-up making the decision for the locale ensured he could simply feign ignorance of the local conditions and place responsibility on the committee.
That was when I knew there was no one at the wheel.