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That's a pretty ahistorical comment. Dictatorships can be plenty bureaucratic. And bureaucracy has its origins in non-democratic societies.
by gruseom 16y ago
That's a pretty ahistorical comment. Dictatorships can be plenty bureaucratic. And bureaucracy has its origins in non-democratic societies.
- philwelch 16y agoHistorically, someone empowered to act outside of the normal bounds and restrictions of the republic was called a "dictator". The word we use today is derived from the actual title the Romans gave someone when they wanted their republic to be what we would describe as "agile". Eventually, that tactic worked against them.
- gruseom 16y agoWhat you're saying strikes me as hopelessly anachronistic. Nothing like "what we would describe as 'agile'" can possibly be retrofitted thousands of years back. The agile movement comes out of a humanistic anti-corporatist agenda (for want of a better way of describing it) that is practically unthinkable before, say, 1950. If not 1970.
- philwelch 16y agoWanting to be more flexible and effective than the process allows you to be is as ancient as processes. I don't see the flaw in the analogy at all.