• Hackworth@piefed.ca
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    9 days ago

    A system can become disordered, acting counter to its evolved purpose, sometimes in a way that’s fatal to function. I wonder if historians have a DSM for governments/societies.

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      9 days ago

      My suspicion is that institutional dysfunction results not so much from the dynamics of the institution itself as from other systems evolving to more effectively exploit it.