'Muddy water'

(Baonghean) -When conducting a review, people often claim to clearly identify shortcomings, attach specific solutions, and address specific issues, but if it is not attached to specific individual responsibilities, it will not work.

- Oh my god, you know better than me what it is, why are you asking?

- Ask to have a correct perception. Because who knows, over time, years, concepts may also change to suit the times.

- Do you mean to say that people are now equating the concept of weakness and shortcomings with existence?

- That's old news. I want to see if there's anything new or different!

- Well, I give up. Flaws, as I know them, are shortcomings, mistakes in action, thought or character.

- Is that really true?

- Read it exactly as it is in the Vietnamese Dictionary, sir!

- If so, then the defect is a personal attribute, more closely associated with the individual than the collective because only the individual has clear actions, thoughts, and character. The collective is just a collection of many people. There are no independent, separate actions, thoughts, or character.

- What do you mean by that?

- It means that we often distinguish between two types of shortcomings, individual and collective. But in reality and in theory, as in the definition of shortcomings you just mentioned, shortcomings only exist in individuals, not in the collective. If we talk about collective shortcomings, they are actually the result of many individuals coming together. So...

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- When reviewing, even if it is a collective shortcoming, it must be associated with each individual in each specific role, position, and responsibility. Is that what you mean?

- Only you can understand so deeply! Because if each individual has no shortcomings, there will be no collective shortcomings. Therefore, do not use collective shortcomings as an excuse to ignore the role and responsibility of each individual.

- Talking about this issue over and over again from now on is just to understand the concept of what a defect is and where it belongs. Right?

- That's right!

- For what?

- Only when you understand correctly can you do the right thing, sir. If you don't understand correctly or deliberately don't understand the concept correctly in order to act correctly, the results will not be as expected. Therefore, when conducting a review, people often affirm that they clearly recognize the shortcomings, attach specific solutions, and specific addresses, but if they don't attach specific individual responsibilities, it won't work. Because, as mentioned above, shortcomings, whether of individuals or groups, all stem from individual mistakes. We cannot ignore the role of individuals. But just talking about collective shortcomings without clearly stating whose responsibility is, is actually "mudding the pond".

Phuc Vinh