https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle I think the Peter principle applies here; what you view as "compete

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle I think the Peter principle applies here; what you view as "competent people" are actually beneficiaries of systems, that they themselves can never independently create due to the nature of organizations themselves.