The Political Economy of Incompetence
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Incompetence
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The article discusses how incompetence can be a deliberate choice in certain political and economic contexts, and the discussion highlights the potential benefits of promoting incompetents for those in power.
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abstractspoon
4 months ago
Promoting incompetents also allows you to easily dispose of them when that time inevitably comes. Thinking of Stalin here...
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