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Communists don’t care about actual results. They only care about appearances.
True story from the old Soviet Union:
A Soviet nails factory was given a tonnage quota for the coming year. The manager realized he could best meet that quota by making really big nails. And so the quota was met, and the manager got a medal.
But there was no need for these huge nails. So they just sat in some back lot and rusted. No one cared.
Quotas can be troublesome things.
But hey, shape the message for the outcome you want, never mind the need. And if the outcome is never achieved, then redouble the efforts. Then the beatings will stop.
Makes no difference if the horse is already dead.
PJ O’Rourke wrote something like that once. His comment was that in the old Soviet Union, if the demand was for 3,000 men’s shoes, you got 3,000 size 8, black, left shoes. If the demand was for 3,000 pounds of shoes, you got one giant concrete shoe.