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The Iron Law of Liberalism states that any market reform, any government initiative intended to reduce red tape and promote market forces will have the ultimate effect of increasing the total number of regulations, the total amount of paperwork, and the total number of bureaucrats the government employs.

David Graeber The Utopia of Rules On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy 2015

As a Top Three All Time S -Tier Bureaucracy, the Chinese Civil Service made its way to Heaven, itself.

#celestial bureaucracy

Everyone loves the beach. But the sewage system underneath needs care, too.

#gitrdun

An Ur-text. Rules, laws, policies. Someone must muddle through.

Why we’re here, people!

#bureaucrat #bureaucracy #behörde

An early morning at the zoo. Celebrate Labor and Laborers! Squeeqeing the enclosures is noble work with a great view.

Just gettin’ it done early one morning. Fixing (only) the deep holes after (only) 2 years. The shallow ones remain. Not the Worker’s fault; management don’t care. Thru a windshield, darkly.

David Graeber The Utopia of Rules On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy 2015

“Bureaucracy has become the water in which we swim.”

Come on in, boys, the water’s fine!!

As a Bureaucrat, I’m not sure how I feel about this Aisle of Misfit Office Supplies. Is this a graveyard, or Valhalla? A Last Chance Mercantile where even the scraps, the dregs, can Serve Once More? Or a Memorial, a tomb, a neglected grave of fallen idols? Look Upon my printer ink, Ye Mighty, and Despair!

"It's beautiful. I always enjoyed to make models when I was a boy. The exactness, the attention to every conceivable detail. It's beautiful." - Hans Gruber, Die Hard.