That looks like something interesting to read. Thanks for the link.
Something that has been bothering me more and more in the last few years (not that it's a new phenomenon, just my focus has changed) is that so many people are willing to say "rules is rules" and go along with whatever stupid diktat comes down the pike. What is especially disturbing is that people do that despite privately thinking that the diktat is nonsense. Actually, I've come to believe that the whole point of school is to train people to follow nonsensical instructions without grumbling or asking questions.
When you have a company or a government or a country full of these people, everybody does whatever stupid thing "the system" tells them to do. And nowhere is anybody responsible for it. From the top to the bottom and back, the buck just gets passed round and round.
The only way to stop this whole mess is for individual people - each of us - to take responsibility for our own actions. We have to do what we think is right, and refuse to do what we think is wrong. We have to accept responsibility for, and the consequences of, our actions. It can be small things, and one at a time. Responsible action will be the building blocks of our new society. That might look like the dark ages, but at some point it might look better than what we've got.
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Date: 2023-06-09 09:51 pm (UTC)Something that has been bothering me more and more in the last few years (not that it's a new phenomenon, just my focus has changed) is that so many people are willing to say "rules is rules" and go along with whatever stupid diktat comes down the pike. What is especially disturbing is that people do that despite privately thinking that the diktat is nonsense. Actually, I've come to believe that the whole point of school is to train people to follow nonsensical instructions without grumbling or asking questions.
When you have a company or a government or a country full of these people, everybody does whatever stupid thing "the system" tells them to do. And nowhere is anybody responsible for it. From the top to the bottom and back, the buck just gets passed round and round.
The only way to stop this whole mess is for individual people - each of us - to take responsibility for our own actions. We have to do what we think is right, and refuse to do what we think is wrong. We have to accept responsibility for, and the consequences of, our actions. It can be small things, and one at a time. Responsible action will be the building blocks of our new society. That might look like the dark ages, but at some point it might look better than what we've got.