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For a gov employee "being reasonable" may mean "respect the chain of command, obey, apply the orders", and when the Great Leader isn't "reasonable" this may qui
by natmaka 6y ago
For a gov employee "being reasonable" may mean "respect the chain of command, obey, apply the orders", and when the Great Leader isn't "reasonable" this may quickly and massively lead to Bad Things, as seen for example in the USSR, in Nazi Germany, Cambodia...
Befehl ist Befehl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
- perl4ever 6y agoBeing reasonable may mean following rules when contrary and/or corrupt orders are given. That is something that happens that has enormous value.
- natmaka 6y agoWhen there isn't any fixed hierarchy (governments...), bad/selfish people don't amass power (counting on non-reasonable people who will blindly follow their orders) so everyone else can actually handle them on equal terms.