🧿 The Enabler Hostage

Built a career by orbiting power. Lost themselves in the process.

This neurosurgeon doesn’t stand on their own — they cling. To a superior, a protector, a source of departmental influence. Their ascent isn’t driven by independence, innovation, or dissent — but by alignment, compliance, and strategic loyalty.

From the outside, it’s confusing: Is this protection — or self-preservation? Do they believe in the other — or simply fear standing alone?

They echo the leader’s views before they're spoken. Side with them even when they’re clearly wrong. Block reforms that might threaten the structure that sustains them.

Their scientific output reflects borrowed priorities. Their silences serve power. Their influence is derivative — never sovereign.

To some, they seem complicit. To others, tragically dependent. To themselves? Perhaps indispensable. But one thing is clear: they are no longer free.

Ethics isn't just about what you do. It's about who you tether yourself to — and what you refuse to see.

Dishonesty Type: ❌ Ethically dishonest Modus: Sacrifices truth to protect power. Damage: Undermines institutional trust. Blocks transparency. Reinforces toxic hierarchies.