I think about the Terry Pratchett quote about the design flaw in the human skeleton is the tendency to bend at the knee Our addiction to the Great Man theory of history that makes us so vulnerable to evil Great Menhttps://twitter.com/absurdistwords/status/1326149114384494593?s=20 …
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I've mentioned this before but... consider how much smoother almost any workplace runs when the boss is on vacation.
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Have you ever heard the story behind where the term "gung-ho" came into American English from? Because that story in very specific supports your thesis about how people would react, and about the increased efficiency of decide by committee too.
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So, there was a US observer of the Chinese Civil War. His name's Evans Carlson. He gets to see a lot of the communist spirit first hand, impresses him something fierce, and he decides to bring back some of those ideals, epitomized by the phrase "gung-ho", a bastardization of...
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Some of that is the US political culture. That is, many countries have parliamentary systems that almost by definition blunt executive focus and power, and that is (IME) reflected in things like political coverage.
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Uh.... Our legislative branch kinda showcases some of the problems with that line of thinking....
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