Maybe it’s just human nature. Maybe we’re hardwired to believe that someone, somewhere, knows what they’re doing.
We put our faith in people and institutions: governments; federations; regulators; police, not because they’ve earned it, but because that’s what we have always done. And because the alternative is too bloody depressing. Because the thought that no one’s actually steering the ship is just too terrifying to contemplate.
But every now and again, reality comes along to remind us that the people at the helm might not know their port from their starboard.
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