THE INEPT "WORD GEEK" IS BACK IN TOWN

http://paladinplanet.blogspot.com/2012/02/ineptocracy.html

No, I am not here to talk politics, I'm here to laugh at them.  I got a big kick out of the email that sent me the news about this "new" word.  I thought it was new, so I laughed as I was reading the definition.  Then,as I got about halfway through it, I knew that I was reading something that had a lot of possibilities, if not necessarily a ages-old name.  As it turns out it describes a lot of organizations. Many non-profits, like the government, like the schools, like the churches and maybe a few more that you readers may be able to fish out of your very own grey matter.
In many ineptocracies the leaders are not elected.  Oh no, that would be too dangerous,say the inept executives who are about to promote one of their sycophantic inepts to a higher position so that he will not cause them any more trouble by being more inept than they.  You see, in a true ineptocracy, the leaders need to keep the more inept (incompetent?) around so that their high level ineptitude can get perceived as brilliance.  Look around.  You'll see that I am not making this up.  It's even more complicated than that.  The higher carriers of ineptitude need to have the lesser inepts (no, I'm confused now... that double negative just changed the meaning of my thought.)  Let's do that again.  OK?  The higher level of inepts have to keep the more inepts than they around so they, the inept executives, can be convinced that they are competent enough to make themselves look brilliant against the background of the army of inepts that they lead.  That's what makes it impossible to send an incompetent away.  The leaders need them to make themselves look competent.
My favorite move is the one I mentioned above.  Promote the most incompetent subordinate to give him/her a chance to prove him/herself.  After all, the individual has now proven his/her ineptitude for the last seven years.  We know that there must be something there for the good of the organization.  It's just that no one has seen it yet.  We should stop complaining about the proven ineptitude and do something positive for the individual.  Show that we appreciate the non-results and give the super star incompetent a chance to do great things for the world.
We have a similar situation in the government.  The ineptitude is enshrined in the electorate.  You don't believe it?  If you're so smart, I dare you to go out and have a five minute intelligent conversation with any "man on the street."  You can try it with a woman, it won't matter.  Ineptitude is an equal opportunity quality.
This ubiquitous characteristic of human behavior is also an ecumenical quality.  It is a Christian and a non-Christian trait.  It is present in non-profit organizations and is rampant in for-profit ones too.  Corporations are not exempt and of course, governments and their related operations are the very organizations which caused the coining of the term in the first place.
By the way,you might want to abandon your pipe dream of moving to another country where competence and aptitude reign.  HA!
Good luck.  There is no such thing.  So, I leave you with these philosophical musings.  Maybe sometime we can muse and opine a bit about the sister behavior, "Onthetakitocracy."  You can't move away from that one either.  
If you want to have some fun with this subject, click on the link at the top.  The blogger there did a good job with this thought.