"the company is falling apart, everyone is fighting for control. The people who actually know how to fix it are not stepping up because they don't want to face the vitriol that people who are power & status seeking get."

I don't know what to call this but it's a kind of "good person causing evil" fallacy. If you can fix the sinking ship, but you aren't doing it because people will hate you for having to make hard decisions, you're not a good person. You're a coward

@DefenderOfBasic Cowardice is very very common but very under acknowledged because no individual has an incentive to admit to their own cowardice.

@DefenderOfBasic Cowardice isn’t necessarily a bad thing if we are to view self-preservation as a neutral-positive virtue, though it depends on the kind of cowardice and the consequences. Much of the issue of cowardice boils down to foresight capacity, as well as confidence in one’s vision

@DefenderOfBasic Appears true given the rules. That is If by them stepping up it fixes the problem and thier only fear is "they don't want to face the vitriol that people who are power & status seeking get". Is this something that can be referred to as a compressed senario?

@DefenderOfBasic What's the difference between cowardice and wisdom? Skill? I feel like in most of these scenarios, it requires everyone to "just" I've thought I _could_ fix things, but in retrospect I think that was usually delusional

@DefenderOfBasic Mh, in that case aren't the people that can't fix the ship even worse? If not that would mean their lack of ability makes them less virtuous

@DefenderOfBasic There is a third option: Build a new boat and sail off with the people who won’t vilify you.

@DefenderOfBasic Yep++, in fact, the ship is not saved, but it is an interesting topic