> In the medium term, the dictator inevitably ends up severed from reality by the inability of (true) data to flow back up to the authority, which results in th

> In the medium term, the dictator inevitably ends up severed from reality by the inability of (true) data to flow back up to the authority, which results in their decisions becoming increasingly suboptimal over time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU_Principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU_Principle