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 BE INSTITUTIONAL

 Is criticism of the very institution to which you belong bad?

 Let's start at the beginning: Institutions have been created by man and seek to transcend beyond the individual and his personal projects.  It has been said, and said well, that the individual disappears, but in the meantime, the institutions prevail.

 Institutions are not a place.  They do not take up space.  So what are they?

 The word Institution has its etymological origin in institutio, in Latin: Education.

 In the book Principles of Political Sciences, Pablo Lucas Verdú, PhD in Law from the Universities of Madrid and Bologna, defines an Institution as "the permanent, uniform and systematic consolidation of uses, conducts and ideas with means and instruments that ensure their control and fulfillment of its social function".

 In this way, the institutions transcend the wills of the individuals that form them to identify with the mission that they themselves established, theoretically to achieve a social good.

 Institutions do not fail.  Those who misuse them, manipulate them and divert their objectives to suit their own interests fail.

 What does BEING INSTITUTIONAL imply?

 It should not represent more effort than putting the interests, objectives, programs, desires,... of the institution, before personal ones.

 In other words, if the institution changes course or objectives, should I publicly point out its errors?

 This is where the divergences are generated:

 There are people who have promoted the creation of institutions and, as time goes by, cling to them in such a way that they disrupt their purposes to remain in leadership, at the head of them, even breaking with the statutes, norms, regulations ,… of the institution itself.

 And out of ambition, many seek to direct the destinies of an institution in order to have the power, the money or both, which gives them the privilege of leading them.

 But I think that here we must point out that an "institution" that was born for the personal benefit of its creators... It is not a true institution!

 This goes against the definition and the characteristics mentioned.

 What happens when an institution is a victim of selfishness and manipulation of its own members?  What happens when in a family - which is an institution with a clear purpose and objectives for the common good - the members publicly criticize it and destroy it with their complaints and attitudes?

 The same is true of political parties, churches, and institutional organizations.

 I have read: "When you work for someone or for an institution, be loyal, faithful and respectful while you remain there" so that you can proudly carry the name of a member or part of that family.

 Dirty clothes are washed at home, the saying goes.  That is, criticism and complaints must be handled within the institution itself, not spreading the defects of the institution's leaders or managers everywhere.

 But if the institution changes course;  If those who lead it take it to other paths, first, it fights to recover the mission that gave rise to the institution;  Plus, if you don't succeed, don't speak badly of it or its leaders while you're inside it... better decide to leave it, because you'll not only be discrediting it, but you'll also show that you're not even capable of defending it and, on the other hand, if you You remain part of an organization that has lost its way, that is corrupt, you are part of that corruption.

 How difficult it is to be Institutional!  How difficult to withstand the attacks of selfish interests!  But, if you know that institution is lost, it is better to consider retiring and joining another more consistent one, or creating one that recovers the mission for the project to continue.

 Pay attention.  Take a good look at how certain political parties, social organizations, associations, governments, stop fulfilling their objective of collective benefit, to satisfy the desires of unscrupulous people and in search of power for power!  Thus they destroy the institution they represent.

 These institutions are already rotten and will hardly be saved.

 For this reason: We welcome the institutions that fulfill their mission, however few they may be.