Proscribe the very concept of objectivity as tyranny; give finagling a cute nickname like #jeitinhobrasileiro and, when not praising it, laugh it over; in fact, laugh everything over — _castigat ridendo mores,_ huehuehue! — and mock those who are serious about anything — specially if they are serious about learning, those eggheads — and if this is not enough, even coupled with the nearly-universal adoption of a parenting strategy consisting of letting screens raise candy-brained, Ritalin junkies, then structure your bureaucracy around humiliating, even punishing, those who strive to walk the straight path while being lenient, if not rewarding, toward those who don’t. If a country does all this, and worse, and more for long enough, can the result be any different?