But can you call it corruption if that was how it was originally designed? What was corrupted if it was always there?
Except it wasn't.
When I say 'low level corruption', I'm referencing stuff like nepotism, social networks, 'who you know'. People(normies) assume that you pass through the ranks of organizations via meritocracy, when if you have any experience whatsoever with how this shit actually works, anyone past a certain level of power is either really, REALLY fucking good at their job(rare) or knew the right people and sucked the right dicks.
So when all this was originally setup, I'm sure it was done with the best intention possible that the best people would fill the positions and do the best job.
And maybe it even worked, for a short while.
Then reality hit. And hit hard.
Most of the time, this isn't noticed. It goes by, and works... kinda well enough. Yet the moment anyone learns about this, or encounters it, or is forced to accept it, I'd bet good money the very initial, instinctive reaction is 'This isn't fucking fair. This is wrong.'
Corruption of this nature survives because most people just... aren't aware of it. They don't notice. They can't, because they don't have to deal with it. And if they don't notice, is it... really that bad? (Answer: Yes. But others may disagree.)
I'm sure it was done with the best intention possible
This is an irrelevancy. Their intentions, best or otherwise, mean jack fucking shit to their good or evil of their actions. Most people always have the best intentions. It doesn't stop them from transgressing against others, and having access to power doesn't change that.
Corruption of this nature survives because most people just... aren't aware of it.
I disagree. I think more people are definitely aware of it, but they don't care because they don't have to directly deal with it. They don't fully understand how that corruption impacts them directly. They think it impacts other things like office politics and not the real world and therefore their lives. It's another case of being short sighted, not on being uninformed.
If the only issue was informing the people, then these problems wouldn't exist too much. The issue is getting people to understand enough to see how it impacts them. It's apathy that's the challenge.
Except it wasn't.
When I say 'low level corruption', I'm referencing stuff like nepotism, social networks, 'who you know'. People(normies) assume that you pass through the ranks of organizations via meritocracy, when if you have any experience whatsoever with how this shit actually works, anyone past a certain level of power is either really, REALLY fucking good at their job(rare) or knew the right people and sucked the right dicks.
So when all this was originally setup, I'm sure it was done with the best intention possible that the best people would fill the positions and do the best job.
And maybe it even worked, for a short while.
Then reality hit. And hit hard.
Most of the time, this isn't noticed. It goes by, and works... kinda well enough. Yet the moment anyone learns about this, or encounters it, or is forced to accept it, I'd bet good money the very initial, instinctive reaction is 'This isn't fucking fair. This is wrong.'
Corruption of this nature survives because most people just... aren't aware of it. They don't notice. They can't, because they don't have to deal with it. And if they don't notice, is it... really that bad? (Answer: Yes. But others may disagree.)
This is an irrelevancy. Their intentions, best or otherwise, mean jack fucking shit to their good or evil of their actions. Most people always have the best intentions. It doesn't stop them from transgressing against others, and having access to power doesn't change that.
I disagree. I think more people are definitely aware of it, but they don't care because they don't have to directly deal with it. They don't fully understand how that corruption impacts them directly. They think it impacts other things like office politics and not the real world and therefore their lives. It's another case of being short sighted, not on being uninformed.
If the only issue was informing the people, then these problems wouldn't exist too much. The issue is getting people to understand enough to see how it impacts them. It's apathy that's the challenge.