Related to change, there is an interesting anecdote about Mussolini trying to impose a change in diet in the Italian population. He wasn't able to have them eat rice instead of pasta, which had economical advantages over wheat fields, because the Italians were that attached to their cultural heritage and their food.
It is rather interesting to think that fascism has been able to spread to so many people, but that the tipping point for this movement is when it starts affecting people's personal lives, even for something as small — in the grand scheme of things — as the food they eat.
The disconnect between success and failure is pretty much always the same: skin in the game. Corruption results from a lack of skin in the game, whereas change results directly from having skin in the game (life).
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2024-05-13