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A Picture of How Power Works

Malik, Kenan
http://kenanmalik.com/2020/11/24/a-picture-of-how-power-works/

Publisher:  Pandaemonium - Kenan Malik Blog
Date Written:  11/11/2020
Year Published:  2020  
Resource Type:  Article

On normalisation of corruption and incompetence in the appointed heads in both public and private systems.

Abstract:  -

Excerpt:

Look at these cases individually and you might describe each as an isolated instance of "chumocracy" - some might call it corruption - or "policy failure". They are all different kinds of wrongness. Celotex's seemingly shocking disregard for human life in the name of profit-making is of a different order to the indifference to people's needs apparent in the Home Office. But put these cases together and a different picture emerges. A picture of how power works. A picture of elite contempt for rules, for social needs, for the little people.

There is nothing new in corruption or incompetence. Business and sleaze have long worked hand in hand, public officials have often been negligent, ministers have rarely been shy of taking advantage of their connections. What is new is the lack of pushback or the threat of any consequences.

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