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Bureaucracies are a good thing. When they work effectively they prevent the maladministration of public services, they ensure funding is spent correctly, and they put in place a common set of rules we can all abide by.

Bureaucracy is the grand ambition of the regulation of collective goods to achieve mutually beneficial aims. Think of universities without the administration of timetables, exams, or student support. The fire service without risk assessment, safety training, or PPE distribution. The NHS without systems to prioritise patients, spending, or the administration of treatments. Bureaucracy is not boring. It is the institutional guardrail which steers a functioning society.

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