Philosophically speaking, about the indifference of the people to the common good. The government regularly squanders large sums of money, and the people allow it because they remain silent. Many government institutions carry out procurement’s that are executed by people close to the organizers. The costs are often exaggerated and do not correspond to real market prices. Of course, not everything is bad, but as we know, even a drop of tar can spoil a whole barrel of honey. The problem is not the procurement’s themselves, but their lack of transparency, as it allows important factors that increase the cost of the process to be hidden, or makes it easier to choose the desired contractors. This lack of transparency is often justified by privacy and security concerns, but these are fairy tales – people with such slogans are easier to control because primitive instincts dominate human behavior.
In this context, bureaucracy acts as a protective layer for those who control what is happening. Documents and reports are designed to give the impression of order, but in reality they protect those involved from accountability. In the digital age, this is absurd – a single public data portal would suffice, where all expenditures from the people’s pockets to specific projects would be easily transparent. Security is not an obstacle to transparency – technology allows information to be made publicly available while protecting personal data and critical infrastructure.
Personal data protection is not an obstacle to complete transparency. It is not necessary to disclose who specifically received a salary, but the flow of each project, contract and expenditure can be public and understandable so that the amounts, choices and justifications can be seen. Why did road repairs cost twice as much as the market average price? Why do the same companies regularly win tenders despite offering the highest prices? This is public theft, which the people allow because they do not take action. Officials are protected by formal procedures, but in reality, no one is accountable. The people wait for someone else to fix the system, but they themselves remain silent and allow those in power to continue living in a world of darkness.
The solution for transparency is simple and realistic. Public accounting, where every expense is tracked from the people’s pockets to the project, public contracts with alternative offers, actual costs, and penalties for wastefulness — this is how you can turn on the light in a world of darkness. Taxes are no longer intended to maintain the lifestyle of those in power, but as a contribution by the people to their own welfare.
The biggest problem is not power, but the people who allow such a system to exist. People complain, but they don’t want to get involved, and their indifference perpetuates the darkness. Only when the people demand transparency, accountability, and real penalties for illegalities will the period of darkness end. As long as people remain silent, those in power will continue to live in the shadows and use them to their advantage. The curtain is falling because philosophy does not change processes — change requires a critical mass of people who are aware of the need for change.