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This is a common pitfall for software engineers and one that is easy to fall into especially if you haven't gone through it before.

Dysfunctional technical systems are symptoms of dysfunctional political systems.

If the political system is not rehabilitated, the technical system will continually evolve dysfunctional traits no matter how much development effort is spent. It falls to management to ensure the political system is functioning properly but software engineers should keep this in mind to avoid getting caught up in the gears of such systems.