The concept of self interest has always interested me.
This interest has been increased by the recent discussions in parliament and by our forummer Cruxx mentioning it several times.
Let's take the hypothetical example of a government official. For simplicity, let's call him Z.
For some obscure reason, Z was identified as a talent and recruited to stand for election and become a top government official.
For reasons known only to him, Z's boss decided not to give him any significant portfolio or projects to manage.
Z said to himself "Hehehe. Since that's the case, I'll just collect as much salary as possible and feel rich. I'll be nice to my boss always, talk in a convoluted manner using atrocious english and diction, occasionally state the obvious and make motherhood statetments, once in a while, I'll sing or dress like a clown to make those idiotic constituents laugh."
This continued for years and Z happily collected his salary, until one day, he was defeated in an election.
A quick desperate poll revealed that his constituents were not happy with him for not doing enough for them.
So what he did, did he do it for self interest or in his best interests?
Or was it more for selfish interest, which eventually didn't prove to be in his self interest?
This hypothetical official obviously did not have the brains or foresight to realise that his best interests or self interest would have been better served, by going around helping out his needy constituents, even if he did not have any portfolios or projects to manage.
This interest has been increased by the recent discussions in parliament and by our forummer Cruxx mentioning it several times.
Let's take the hypothetical example of a government official. For simplicity, let's call him Z.
For some obscure reason, Z was identified as a talent and recruited to stand for election and become a top government official.
For reasons known only to him, Z's boss decided not to give him any significant portfolio or projects to manage.
Z said to himself "Hehehe. Since that's the case, I'll just collect as much salary as possible and feel rich. I'll be nice to my boss always, talk in a convoluted manner using atrocious english and diction, occasionally state the obvious and make motherhood statetments, once in a while, I'll sing or dress like a clown to make those idiotic constituents laugh."
This continued for years and Z happily collected his salary, until one day, he was defeated in an election.
A quick desperate poll revealed that his constituents were not happy with him for not doing enough for them.
So what he did, did he do it for self interest or in his best interests?
Or was it more for selfish interest, which eventually didn't prove to be in his self interest?
This hypothetical official obviously did not have the brains or foresight to realise that his best interests or self interest would have been better served, by going around helping out his needy constituents, even if he did not have any portfolios or projects to manage.
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