Now, yet again, someone “took total and political responsibility” – and then he resigned, before his club excluded him.
Politicians, too, like to “take responsibility” after something has gone awry. Or if something was made public knowledge that was basically “strictly confidential” and not at all meant for publication. Except that, today, politicians no longer resign. That was in former times. Today, if they have become truly unacceptable, they will wait for a lucrative offer to change careers.
The term “taking responsibility”, more and more often also “full” or “political” responsibility, has become mere lip service. Not much will happen afterwards. The best you can hope for is a few new compliance rules to be sanctioned and publicly sworn to. And then they will instantly be secretly circumnavigated.
We all have already done something stupid in our lives. I know the feeling well. But then I admit to what happened and try to control the damage or see if things can be put right again. It would not be appropriate for me to lament about the consequences or to come up with excuses, or else to point towards the “true culprit”.
And then I would be well advised to keep quiet, because nobody needs a public “taking the responsibility”. Nor does it help anybody.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
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