Comments on: This bureaucracy is evil http://burningwords.net/2008/05/21/this-bureaucracy-is-evil/ perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC2 By: Brenton http://burningwords.net/2008/05/21/this-bureaucracy-is-evil/#comment-1080 Brenton Thu, 22 May 2008 11:15:55 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=118#comment-1080 As a very close friend of mine says "Centrelink = Centrestink". As a very close friend of mine says “Centrelink = Centrestink”.

]]> By: GallingGalla http://burningwords.net/2008/05/21/this-bureaucracy-is-evil/#comment-1075 GallingGalla Wed, 21 May 2008 02:50:14 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=118#comment-1075 <i>What sort of deranged bloody idiot designs a system that is a) this incompetent, and b) this inflexible, so that it can’t be fixed when it’s either urgent or they’ve fucked up to begin with?</i> My answer: Someone who wants to oppress you and / or reinforce the hierarchy that keeps them on top of you. Or, alternatively, someone who doesn't mind stepping on you so that they can climb higher in the hierarchy. What sort of deranged bloody idiot designs a system that is a) this incompetent, and b) this inflexible, so that it can’t be fixed when it’s either urgent or they’ve fucked up to begin with?

My answer: Someone who wants to oppress you and / or reinforce the hierarchy that keeps them on top of you. Or, alternatively, someone who doesn’t mind stepping on you so that they can climb higher in the hierarchy.

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