Unfit to Lead

Yes, this seems to be a story where success and power accrues to one man and his organization.  And that success and power leads to hubris, arrogance and law-breaking. And all that success and power is used as a club to beat down competitors and anyone else who stands in their way. 


It's kind of breath-taking how such successful, powerful and well-heeled people end up doing such repulsive things like phone hacking, bribery and intimidation.  And you marvel at how long these people ran their own little kingdom and lorded it over lots and lots of people across many countries.


And for many, many years people just bowed down to the power.  It's amazing how people will bow down to the power.  Boot-lickers!  They admire and are envious of the success, and the audaciousness of the whole enterprise.  But then surprisingly someone objects, someone stands up, someone reveals that the emperor is really a hollow bully and all his little minions are well-dressed thugs and mugs.


And slowly it all starts to unravel. And slowly people start to really "see" what was so obvious for many, many years... and then well, all those little spineless people who were so admiring, and so silent, finally start chattering.  


And it's not a pretty story, really, it's hard to identify with any of the players.  But it is kind of entertaining to watch the Big Man finally called out as a Craven Little Man.