Reply #103: I think I am getting you right, it’s like a double edge sword.

[Larry Ogg]

Lobaczewski talks a lot about the role of ego, and about how people of conscience who are honest motivated and have good intentions run for political office; and he paints a picture of a social stigmatism towards people who are and want to be politicians, i.e. all politicians are a bunch of egotistical crooks out to line their own pockets, and who can argue against that, for the most part this is true. Albeit there are a few shining examples of honesty, integrity and compassionate individuals that do on occasion get elected. But still, the good guy’s will be viewed by the electorate, pejoratively equal to that of the bad guys, just because they want to be a politician.

About and within the work place
I once worked for a corporation that was and still is, in the business of running the public transit services for varies big cities. I was a mechanic and my big naïve dream was too maybe someday to become a Forman. My way of thinking was that a lot of people would have such aspirations, so I knew that I had to work very hard, learn as much as could and become an expert in many task. In the old days the trades had terms such as apprentice and master, so I could say, my goal was to become a master mechanic, so I could become a Forman. Now I would never consider someone with such a goal as being overly lofty, egotistical or pathological, as achieving such a position would seem a lot more desirable than busting your knuckles, getting cuts and scrapes and covered with filthy grease, oil and dirt from head to toe on a daily bases for the rest of your life. And there’s nothing wrong with wanting to improve your lot in life or being rewarded for your experience, expertise or achievements.

It’s obvious that the way I thought things should work, had nothing to do with how the real world works, then and now. And there is no real need for me to go into my resume of accomplishments as many people who work for such companies learn the old verbiage, it’s not what ya know it’s who ya blow, unfortunately I decided to learn that truth the hard way. I fought and dealt with it for six and a half years.

What I learned from that experience was that anyone who had aspirations to climb the ladder of opportunity was looked at with scorn, same thing applies to those who’s work performance is above average or better, as such acts makes others look bad, especially when the others are trying to look like their doing something, which is often much less then what they are capable of, some out of pure laziness, some out just wanting to fit in, and some out of anger and revenge for being denied opportunities conterminous to their expertise and accomplishments, yet all get too watch as advancements are handed out, not to the best among peers, but rather to the biggest and best brownnoser who knows less about the workers work than workers do.

People see a little, they hear a little, they know a little, and they may forget the memories of the things that taught them what the world is really like and their place in it, but they never loose the feelings of anger and bitter resentment, those, they just pass on, and this eventually becomes the spirit of the work place……
Larry