{"id":84847,"date":"2017-07-09T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T10:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=84847"},"modified":"2017-07-09T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T10:59:04","slug":"history-repeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/07\/09\/history-repeats\/","title":{"rendered":"History repeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well worth a read.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that strikes me though is often we look for the hidden when there is nothing but incompetence or petty malice.<\/p>\n<p>I worked in the civil service \u00a0and on occasion \u00a0my colleagues were somewhat judgemental and applied their own interpretation of the rules. I suspect that whilst a lot of bad stuff happens it is as much due to personal prejudices and ignorance as to a deliberate policy. \u00a0 This plus a measure of incompetence.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sometimes the enemy is hidden right in front of you.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdiana.stone1%2Fposts%2F10154672062391129&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"568\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-story\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@sarcastathon\/a-list-of-reasons-the-dwp-stopped-paying-my-benefits-52dfa60d201b\" target=\"_blank\" data-width=\"604\" data-border=\"1\" data-collapsed=\"\">View at Medium.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well worth a read. One thing that strikes me though is often we look for the hidden when there is nothing but incompetence or petty malice. I worked in the civil service \u00a0and on occasion \u00a0my colleagues were somewhat judgemental and applied their own interpretation of the rules. I suspect that whilst a lot of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/07\/09\/history-repeats\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History repeats<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"History repeats","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-m4v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":479,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/10\/11\/finally-begining-to-crack\/","url_meta":{"origin":84847,"position":0},"title":"Finally begining to crack","author":"diana Stone","date":"October 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"OK I think I am out of gas now, maybe its just the effect of not having the normal mood medication due to having the flu, but I feel really strange and I need some help from someone outside my present circle. 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