Folly of decision makers…..
Sir Ian Kershaw, a military historian, wrote 'Fateful Choices' about the decisions taken in the Second World War, contrasting those made in the democracies compared to those made by Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin…..
He commented, 'A despot's entourage of nervous sycophants is clearly the worst environment for good decision-making. The leaders of democracies are in less danger, but unless they have good intelligence and unless their subordinates are prepared to present facts that contradict their chief's mindset, they too can make terrible blunders. The worst folly of decision-makers is to believe their own propaganda.' I shuddered when I read 58 people condemning Blake's remarks on Professor Yunus as 'disgraceful' and illustrating 'a submissive relation with a foreign force'. If I listen to the opinion of someone who disagrees with me, am I 'being submissive'? If I don't, I am the one in danger!
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