Sounds like they were honest about lying, less confusion than lying about lying and helps prevent the unwanted outcome of accidentally succeeding. Not succeedin

Sounds like they were honest about lying, less confusion than lying about lying and helps prevent the unwanted outcome of accidentally succeeding. Not succeeding helps with job security, the problem justifying your job will continue to exist. Since such skills are in demand at all levels of bureaucracy successfully failing to deliver at a lower level will open up opportunities to fail at a higher level.