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by iostream25 1385 days ago
not the op. agree that op is not refugee fleeing war on inflatable boat.

I distilled "lack of agency" as: not rewarding initiative, people afraid to take initiative. the portuguese boss does not like the employee to take initiative, and the employee will not do so. copying existing British designs is "safer" socially speaking, than making new designs.

source: I'm portuguese, I'm a weirdo and people always try to conform me to a box.