Organized dishonesty | MEMENTO VIVERE Episode 18
Today I am going to read an extract from the book Right Is Might by Richard W.Wetherill.
"The principle of absolute right is no idle dream. It is based on a natural law. It is practical. I have seen enough people conform to it to know that it is valid. I have also seen people reject it and continue defending their biased definition that right is what favors them. Society has had to set up safeguards to confront those people with resistance. Often such persons meet that resistance by digging in for what they consider self-protection and thus become participants in group dishonesty.
If there is anything more dangerous than individual dishonesty, it is group dishonesty, because group dishonesty leads to organized dishonesty. There are pockets of organized dishonesty everywhere—in governments, unions, business and industry, sports, professions as well as in every criminal activity that infests our social systems. The purpose of organized dishonesty is to substitute wrong for right.Chicanery, subterfuge, deceit and pressure are used to establish a counterfeit right determined by dishonest leaders to satisfy greed and build or perpetuate dishonest advantage and power.
Just as a bribe cannot be effectuated unless there is a taker, organized dishonesty depends on cooperative action. Organized dishonesty is developed and perpetuated by a network of reciprocal favors, by graft and corruption of officials, but above all, by the support and connivance of dishonest people."
Well, there is not much to add to this text as it leaves a lot to reflect on. I’ll see you soon and Remember To Live.
Right Is Might by Richard W.Wetherill
Today I am going to read an extract from the book Right Is Might by Richard W.Wetherill.
"The principle of absolute right is no idle dream. It is based on a natural law. It is practical. I have seen enough people conform to it to know that it is valid. I have also seen people reject it and continue defending their biased definition that right is what favors them. Society has had to set up safeguards to confront those people with resistance. Often such persons meet that resistance by digging in for what they consider self-protection and thus become participants in group dishonesty.
If there is anything more dangerous than individual dishonesty, it is group dishonesty, because group dishonesty leads to organized dishonesty. There are pockets of organized dishonesty everywhere—in governments, unions, business and industry, sports, professions as well as in every criminal activity that infests our social systems. The purpose of organized dishonesty is to substitute wrong for right.Chicanery, subterfuge, deceit and pressure are used to establish a counterfeit right determined by dishonest leaders to satisfy greed and build or perpetuate dishonest advantage and power.
Just as a bribe cannot be effectuated unless there is a taker, organized dishonesty depends on cooperative action. Organized dishonesty is developed and perpetuated by a network of reciprocal favors, by graft and corruption of officials, but above all, by the support and connivance of dishonest people."
Well, there is not much to add to this text as it leaves a lot to reflect on. I’ll see you soon and Remember To Live.
Right Is Might by Richard W.Wetherill