Comment by fatneckbeardz

the thing is that we all see this system as a failure,

but the people who make the decisions, and who run that system, see it as a success.

their primary goal is not to provide reliable power, their primary goal is profit and ideology. and they have successfully done both those things.

a bunch of people died, nothing will change, and they will face no consequences. texas will remain off the grid and the next winter storm the same thing will happen.

in their book, they are a success.

thats the whole thing about complex systems. at some point, human beings disagree on what the priorities are, so they disagree on what failure is, they disagree on what maintenance is, and they disagree on what "proper function" is.

complex systems are always connected to complex vested interests and flows of power and money.

so people say things like "the boeing 787 failed". . . did it though? It killed hundres of people , but the executives in charge of it made huge profits and faced zero consequences. Boeing stock price is fine, and it will not face any meaningful punishment or consequences from the government. nor will it face any meaningful consequences from the legal system, which is irrevocably twisted in favor of big corporations like them.

From these peoples perspective, the 787 killing hundreds of people is not a failure, its just something that happened that they can hire PR people to deal with. it wont interrupt cash flow (or, at least it wont interrupt their personal bonuses and personal wealth that much) so its basically irrelevant to them.