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What does it mean?
The author claims bureaucracy grows as social harmony decreases.
In plain terms
More bureaucracy means less social harmony.
What can you take from it?
Bureaucracy and harmony tend to move in opposite directions.

Where it applies

  • government administration
  • social analysis

Putting it to work

  • organizational critique
  • policy review

Questions to consider

  • Does rules kill harmony?
  • Can society have both rules and harmony?

Another view

Some bureaucracy may be necessary for order.

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