In the past I’ve explored my thoughts on the compartmentalization of society and why the use of the operationality of one sector may not be appropriate to another, despite the enthusiasm of supporters – we’ve seen this in the debacle of private prisons, for example. Briefly, it’s a problem of disparate goals: processes inevitably reflect the goals of the developers, and if the goals of the developers are not congruent with those of the sector into which they are being imported then unintended, unwanted consequences will occur.
Continuing the thread on the candidacy of Donald Trump with this in mind, I think the recent insanity we hear coming from Trump, such as calling for the intelligence service of Russia to “find” Clinton e-mails, is reflective of his lack of training in the government sector, which is the sector responsible for international relations and safeguarding the nation, in combination with his own outré business strategies of not taking any contract obligation seriously, which we can abstract to doing anything to win.
This would be interesting in small doses, but it also requires a sense of honor in order to navigate this new path successfully, and given Trump’s business history, there is no sense that he has a sense of honor; and while the private sector participants should have a sense of honor in order to proceed, it appears Trump uses his superior financial position to cheat those he deals with on a regular basis. For all that he brags of success, you do have to wonder how much more successful he might have been had he possessed a working sense of honor.
So I circle back to the original point: Trump’s lack of training and experience in the government sector leads to his foolishness. He runs without studying the area, he just shoots his mouth off – and the naïve lap it up. He thinks he knows Russia because … why? He was a beauty contestant judge in Russia once?
Now this may just be an attempt to counteract the new life story of Hillary as presented by Bill Clinton last night, a powerful and enlightening story for those who’ve not paid attention or are so young as to think she’s irrelevant – he implies there’s something hidden in those emails, without having to prove it. To credulous minds, this will work. He may not expect anything to come of such a call – it’s all another dishonest tactic, just like how he treats painters, electricians, and plumbers – screw them over.
