I’ve been in corporations where there were disasters followed by massive firings. I’m trying without success to remember just one where the people who allowed the disaster were the ones fired.
Here’s why. The people at the top are responsible for setting up the structure that should prevent the disaster. They then hire people and tell them what their job is inside the structure. Those people do their job. It’s the structure that fails, not the people who are inside that structure. Who set up the structure? That’s the person responsible for the failure.
The more modern companies and the US military have feedback loops that allow for communications from the bottom.
Having said that, our air force has the same problems the Russians are having. What we don’t have yet are people exploiting that problem.
Another example of this phenomenon is college sports.
When you get to the top you get golden parachutes/protection .
Take Kenny Payne the ex-U of L basketball coach. His record was 12 wins and 52 losses (2nd worst ever there and worst of any major BB program in recent decades) , he was getting beat by formerly Junior Colleges like Bellarmine. He was getting blown out of the water by quality programs.
So what happens to Payne when they fire him? Poverty and disgrace? Nope he gets a MONTHLY check from U of L until well into 2027 of 201,339 dollars.
So in my rambling way I’m agreeing.