Ming Gao, Qiankun Gu, Shijun He & Dongmin Kong identify the long-term impact of more centralised bureaucracy south of the Great Wall after 1449, with advantages for city building, judicial enforcement, administrative quality and levels of economic activity. New in Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12267
@econhist @devecon @economics @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology #history #histodons #china #mongolia #SocialScienceHistory #GreatWall #bureacracy

Whether it's a so-called #democracy or a corporate #bureacracy, there are always "correct" ways to do things. But what if that never seems to get you any results?

As #EmmaGoldman might say, "If #voting changed anything, they'd make it #illegal."

#change #revolution #DirectAction #Elections #ElectionFraud #thosewhocount

"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

I am going to be using the shit out of AI summaries of bureacratic documents.

Maybe everyone will take the hint that "dot points are great, actually" but I doubt it.

#AI #bureacracy #BadWriting #Prose

Aging bureaucracy risks undermining Germany's ambitions

https://www.dw.com/en/aging-bureaucracy-risks-undermining-germany-s-ambitions/a-64762054?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#bureacracy #Digitalization #Germany #Energiewende

> ... She told staff to dream big... revealed plans for nearly 130 new hires to make a splash at global climate strikes... part of an envisioned revamp to improve the organization’s diversity and equity... The fallout would lead to mass layoffs, departures, exhaustion, distrust and a protracted labor battle... new financial processes and governance measures, efforts to eliminate pay disparities and initiatives to improve equity
- https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/20/350org-mckibben-boeve-keystone-00009866
#scale #bureacracy #bullshitjobs