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cybernetics

corruption

Corruption begins when reward outpaces responsibility, reflecting the tendency of complex communication systems to abbreviate consequence and concentrate advantage.

Categories
cybernetics

autocratic capture: neurotic bureaucracy

Neurotic bureaucracies do not resist autocracy; they often rehearse for it.

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politics

australia, please…

Populists tell you they’re going to smash the system for your benefit. Funny how it still always seems to end with the rich getting richer, the government getting worse, and everyone else paying for the repairs.