I am firmly of the opinion that i would never like to use any influence to get anything. I would rather work hard, and yes, of course, smart, at it, create thus my own brand, and get the much deserved prize or acquisition on my own as much as is possible.
We have been brought up this way. We were never allowed any easy ways out. Sure, it is the most satisfying way of going about anything, too, I believe.
Yet sometimes I do wonder if it is the right thi(nki)ng! Well, around you, everywhere you see people happily bingeing on positions even when they absolutely do not deserve the posts, but have the influence, the right connections, the money power, not to mention the muscle power!
They themselves absolutely know that they do not deserve what they have got. They know very well, too, how they have got it. That is indeed bad. To begin with, it ruins the individual who thus manages to 'make it' as deep down their own self image would have taken a complete beating. You must have observed how tetchy and touchy, insecure and jealous in a mean way such people are!
Well, it can be argued that it is their personal problem, their individual destiny, and let them suffer it as they deserve it. But what about the societal fabric? It is irreparably torn! No stitch can ever be in time for such damage.
How and why, is that what you are asking?, Well, when a non-deserving person makes it due to influence, it sends a very wrong message. It broadens the route for all that is negative. The desire to excel, for example, diminishes because one knows that it is not quality that is going you fetch the deserved success, but just the right influence.
The very morale of an entire society is thus lowered, and tarnished, forever. As a result, there is an unmistakable ordinariness to the entire enterprise. When 'everything goes' attitude thus dominates due to influence, the whole set-up dodders down, and soon all is lost. An institution, a way of thinking, a mode of being get ruined, and all due to "influence" that fetches everything for and to the non-deserving! 'De-served' social ambience, in brief!
Pratima@ Deserve the best! Why settle for the least or the worst? That should be the motto of .. individual lives, the logo of institutions, the mantra of an efficient and effective societal set-up, right?
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