This proposed merger could end up like the pro football adage, “if you have two quarterbacks you have none”.
Regards, Chris
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Chris, the Japanese proverb you gave would be “Too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain.” It probably corresponds to “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”
However, what I’m looking for is a way to BREAK “form silos,” “echo chamber,” “insular mindset,” “sectionalism,” and “compartmentalization.”
BN, which you also love, was formed by merging GN, NP, CB&Q, and SP&S, right? And it wasn’t because there were four quarterbacks, but because they harmonized as a whole, which is what made it a competitive railroad.
That is the “Aufheben” that Hegel spoke of. I’m speaking across the Pacific because I have a different opinion from everyone here. I want you to consider it from a different perspective and reach a better result.
First, please understand my argument. After incorporating it, please present your excellent idea. I sincerely ask you to do so.
As Strother Martin says in Cool Hand Luke, “what we’ve got here is failure to communicate!”
Regards, Chris