The Noticing.
Details
It’s so loud, the sound of the details… is so loud. And yet, I seem to be the only one noticing them.
The way the world has shifted from consuming the consumer, to chasing the creators. The heavy glass ceiling is sliding down more heavily, as the nepotized and fortunate climb to stand on top of it; while the marginalized and unimportant shake with the weight hoping to not topple it.
What Does It Mean?
Nepotized -
Someone appointed to, or in a position that they could not have reached without their ties to someone responsible or influential in the appointing.
Nepotism is kind of a hot topic. But it’s one of those things where I think that sometimes there is no way around it. If you don’t account for the responsibility that falls upon the person then I think nepotism is foolish. If the person assumes no responsibility for those around them, then I think nepotism is natural. Of course we trust someone we know to get something done for us. Dive deeper with me as we explore various examples.
Imagine with me, the different levels of nepotism. There is the coach’s kid, who gets more playtime than someone else’s kid. This is actually a sinister kind of nepotism, surprisingly. Not only does it enable the coaches son to not aspire to become better, it also takes time away from a budding athlete to hone their talent.
I would compare this to taking a plant out of the sunlight during the spring months. Competitive processes should be kept competitive. In sports, it should be simple: the better player, plays. Introducing deviations from this creates a wicked learning environment, and an unpredictable social environment within the team.
Another kind of nepotism we have is for smaller tasks. Things like tickets to shows, access to people or places. This type of nepotism is actually smaller in it’s impact, as the access and opportunity are the things that are being overcome, and the responsibility is put on the person to grasp the situation. Others are not being effected, and if this wasn’t given to the recipient, may not have been given at all.
The last kind of nepotism we’ll discuss is Capital Nepotism. (Capotism). In this type of nepotistic transaction a person is placed either in a position of power, or a position of high value. Other candidates who may be better qualified, or suited are over looked in favor of a relationship. The appointed party is responsible for other’s wellbeing, and there are stakes at play that have very real consequences. Not only for the appointed, but those around the appointed. This type of nepotism is sinister. And rampant.
It keeps localized groups in control of certain areas of society. It homogenizes ideas because people will choose friends and comfort over progress. It homogenizes race, color, belief, etc. It’s not conducive with growth for our society as a whole. It satisfies humanistic short-term pleasure.
I will not whistle blow or point fingers, but as a minority in my country I have found that at multiple points in my life, I’ve been disappointed with the number of people like me in positions that I would like to be in. It’s ridiculous and disconcerting to generations of marginalized citizens.
Which in turn, maybe this is personal to me, makes me feel a huge responsibility to be better. So that I can be that guy for that kid like me some day.
A little heavier of a topic. I hope you enjoyed going on a little thought journey, I’d love to hear your thoughts on nepotism, how it effects society, and your experiences with it.
I hope your week has gone well. I said goodbye for now to someone really important to me and I’ve been setting my train back on it’s rails. I need to work on my physicality. I’ll be ramping up content production. I still feel that I haven’t found what really suits me in the best way for content creation. Like I keep trying things on but nothing quite fits. I think through experimentation I’m progressing, but it’s not as easy as some people make it seem.
Do you think your journey is different from what you see? Tell me about you sometime, my readers! I don’t wanna let out the dogs, but you can reply anonymously to these blogs hahaha.
Stay warm.
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"Bravery is not the absence of fear: It's continuing on in spite of it."Thank you for inspiring me.