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Even more than 70 years of peace in Europe also has a negative side, namely that with us without any interruptions and disruptions, the official mold could really unfold itself and reach unprecedented dimensions.

For at least 40 years we have known about this fact and the associated dangers for state and society - not to mention the people affected. And since then we've been turning a blind eye and letting the red tape continue to neigh.

The fact is, and I have already said this several times here, that we humans simply need bureaucracy and administration in order to be able to function as a society at all - over thousands of years we have been proving again and again that all other models of human coexistence fail mercilessly.

So far, however, it has always been quite natural that wars, revolutions or other social slumps meant that we humans had to start all over again with the bureaucracy - our own finiteness as the salvation of every life and system!

What is new for all of us, however, is that the bureaucracy does not renew itself after a few decades like “other creatures”, but is now taking on eternal traits and not only feeling very comfortable as an institution, but also taking on more and more abstruse forms. Without question, those who are at home in this system will no longer be able to recognize these oddities - this is also a well-known fact.

All attempts to put a stop to this erroneous development have failed in the first attempts in recent decades. Again, we need a bureaucracy that works at a good 80% in order to be able to survive as a society at all. I don't want to go unmentioned that some people are also speculating that the worst thing would not be a lack of bureaucracy, but one that works 100% — but that's not the topic today.

It is also a fact that our administrations, regardless of the level, have taken on dimensions that are no longer manageable. They have long since exceeded the size that now enables them to keep themselves alive and busy without the rest of society.

And the rest of society is increasingly complaining, as the rest suffer and endure the negative effects, of which there are countless — originally I intended to bring a very recent example from my volunteer work, but then had to I think of all those whose own professional and personal livelihoods are being irreversibly destroyed by our bureaucracy madness and I'll let that stay for now.

My weblog readers are in such a position in life that they can provide sufficient examples of their own and probably far more drastic than my own current volunteer experiences!

So I'll shorten my post and come straight to my own conclusions. We must save our bureaucracy and our fellow citizens trapped within it. And we can, at least for now. However, if we don't do this as quickly as possible, then one of two scam solutions will take effect: either the administration takes over 100% of the entire society and this then consists only of administration, or the society collapses under the burden of our administration and thus doesn't deserve it either. to be administered by it — philosophers may recognize the image of man now immanent in our administrations.

The solution for everyone is:

  • a 100% transparency in all administrative matters;
  • a total digitization of our administrations;
  • a permanent selection of the best among the administrative staff;
  • a biennial review of all posts for necessity and effectiveness;
  • a time limit for all administrative processes, issued rules and measures.

I am fully aware that there are still many other things that need to be settled so that we can once again get the administration that we actually need and can also afford.

Finally, my opening statement again: we cannot exist without (functioning) administrations.


"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty."

Eugene McCarthy, Time magazine (February 12, 1979)

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    • I see it differently, neither the market nor the "survival of the adapted" will save our bureaucracy. Outsourcing has also made many things worse.

      However, the reintroduction of suitability, performance and competence in our administrations certainly does no harm.