>>96150815I mean, I get it. People don't want to risk their own neck to do the right thing in every situation. Part of it is that "don't squeal" mentality where you get ostracized if you speak up. It's not just in big time industry, the guy working at Burger King won't speak up if his co-workers are getting high in the freezer. He'll even take on extra work to compensate for them. For one, he doesn't want to draw their ire in case the higher ups don't get rid of them, and for two, he believes that his hard work will be rewarded and he'll be a higher up one day.
That's kind of the deal, people feel like if they play ball, eventually they'll get their turn at bat. And that's just not the case a lot of the time. You don't get a job just because you graduated. You don't get a show just because you worked hard on a pitch. And sometimes you don't get respect just because.
Our society is very subjective and I don't think a lot of people get that. We're raised to believe the opposite. But people get hired because someone behind a desk likes them more than the other guys/girls. People get accepted into schools and programs because someone looking at identical applications stamped yours. People go to jail for years because someone in a robe decides they deserve that long.
And when people get attacked or harassed or treated badly, you aren't guaranteed that some third party is gonna swoop in and punish them and do all the hard confrontation for you. The burden is often on the victim to stand up, speak up, and hold them accountable.
That sucks, but baby, that is life. You gotta fight for it and you gotta defend yourself.
