Systems of governance and regulation, insofar as they attempt to secure social, economic, and existential continuity, are structurally compromised. Their primary function is not effective service delivery, but the preservation of administrative and status hierarchies. Continuity of role, office, and influence comes first; the public good follows, if at all. Politics becomes theatre. Institutions become […]
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