You’re wrong about feckless and dumb. They know exactly what they’re doing. Well, the leadership anyway. That’s true of the rank and file.
really?
from Websters:
Dumb:
2. Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; as the dumb brutes.
or from vocabulary.com
Feckless:
feckless essentially means “ineffective,” but is also used to describe someone who is irresponsible, incompetent, inept, or without purpose in life.
naw. i think i’ve got them pegged perfectly.