It seems to be a property not just of government, but any large organization that becomes driven by politics over results. I just quit a job in a large corporat

It seems to be a property not just of government, but any large organization that becomes driven by politics over results. I just quit a job in a large corporation where I had the displeasure of observing this up close. I have noticed several key dysfunctions in a political hierarchy. 1. You cannot be smarter than your superiors. After several layers of this, this cumulative effect is that the people on the bottom (those that do the actual work) are not allowed to be smarter than a sea sponge. 2. Reporting bad news to superiors is punished. Problems are covered up instead of solved. Reports up the chain must hide problems without being provable lies so they are incomprehensible - they must appear legitimate but be devoid of all fact. Using as much jargon and acronyms as possible is effective. 3. Blame for failure will be placed upon the least popular person. Typically this will be whoever is drawing attention to problems. The reason for project failure will be because of "bad attitude" and not being a "team player" leaving the next project with a greater proportion of ineffectual suck ups.