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What does it mean?
Modern bureaucracy creates tyranny by making authority anonymous.
In plain terms
Bureaucracy rules by being no one in charge.
What can you take from it?
Watch out for systems where no one is accountable.

Where it applies

  • political science
  • organizational critique

Putting it to work

  • demand accountability
  • analyze systems

Questions to consider

  • Who is accountable here?

Another view

Bureaucracy can also provide stability.

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