The Failure Large Central Governments
For any organization to succeed there needs to be a
close link between decision making and reality.
The further governing bodies are away from ‘on the
ground’ reality, the more likely their decisions will not reflect
reality.
Large hierarchical managerial structures never
work. Reality gets lost as it goes up through the management chain.
Consequentially, to be successful, experts suggest that it is necessary
to ensure that there are generally no more than three levels of
management between implementation and top management.
Governments are no different when it comes to
managerial chains. Building large bureaucratic central government with
many levels of control will guarantee failure.
The United States was founded on the principle of a
government 'for the people by the people'. Management and every
day justice in the U.S. is meant to be implemented by our local community through
our locally elected Sheriff, District Attorney and Judges. Neither State
or Federal
Government was never meant to be large. For example, Article 1, Section
4 of the Constitution states “The Congress shall assemble at least once
in every Year”. Those writing the Constitution obviously
considered that
Congress might not even meet during the year – that’s minimalist central
government.
In a pure democracy, the people vote and decide on
every issue. A republican form of government relies on elected
representatives to cast the vote for citizens. However, above a
critical population size, it becomes
impossible for citizens to choose representatives when they do not
personally know the person they are voting for. Opportunity for
political corruption increases with an increase in the size of a
population group.
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