Editorial TrueWind STRUCTURAL DESIGNS
A heavy atmosphere hovers around Europe; a veil of mystery has fallen over most families and companies; a state of suspense and insecurity; an ocean of different views and thoughts. Who deals the cards anyway? Who decides upon the course of each country? How did the average Italian come to this dreadful point despite living in the world’s sixth most influential country? Why are the Spanish in such a grave state with the South literally mourning in each and every line of the flamenco song? How come the politically engaged and always active French have tightened up their belts so much? Could perhaps the British have acted wisely refusing to enter the Eurozone? I do not know, I am not a financial analyst. My feeling, however, judging from the outcome, is that the heads of each political party lead the people to ineptitude and mishits instead of safe ground. The victim of all this is everyone but them.
A great percentage of our daily (and future) wages pays the wages of the people governing us and it seems that those wages secure a comfortable, princely living for them. They rest in a dry, warm shelter while the ship is fighting in the hurricane and the rest of us, the everyday citizens, crawl in the holds and pick up breadcrumbs in the bilge. Any criminal wrongdoing here? According to the Maritime Law the captain is the last person to get on board the lifeboat.
I don’t believe in titles and credentials. We choose as our managers and directors people who have borrowed or inherited a title without ever having been worthy of it as a result of experience. The captains of the merchant marine of the old times had cleaned countless holds and worked on all sailor posts before taking the oath. By the time they were given kudos and finally stood behind the helm, the great sailing figures carried tons of sails and sheets, emptied gallons of bilge water and had been endlessly buffeted by waves at the bow. What makes all of these people captains is their round and thorough knowledge, knowing what it means to be down in the stokeholds at 40o C or hoisting a jib with winds blowing at 30 nm/h. Apart from the econometrics, a director, manager or minister ought to know what daily life really is like. I believe this has escaped their attention.
According to the Maritime Law the captain is the last person to get on board the lifeboat.
The selection of today’s political figures consists primarily of executives that rule without taking any personal risk or bearing any personal cost. The ministers of our days have no connection to daily life, no understanding of the toils of survival. It is like asking Bedouins to draw up structural designs. If we feel responsible for the structural safety of our home, namely our country, we should think twice before letting “mannequins” hog the floor and the helm. Right now the foundations of the European edifice are creaking and if we fail to reconsider and see “I” in “We” then a total demolition will be the road of no return. Mayday, mayday.
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