> See ... on the advantages of keeping intelligence agencies small.
Excellent resources. For a counterpoint on the specific organization type we're discussing, governments, see libertarianism.
> I agree staging a coup is not the same as running a government. Not sure what you point here is.
You brought up coup as a potential consequence of tightened lines of communication and increased secrecy & concentration of power in a few hands. My point was that even in that hypothetical, in order to transition from coup to government you have to widen the circle again, dilute the power, and we're back to the large-ineffective paradigm again. Short term: maybe maybe consequences; long term: same old story.
Excellent resources. For a counterpoint on the specific organization type we're discussing, governments, see libertarianism.
> I agree staging a coup is not the same as running a government. Not sure what you point here is.
You brought up coup as a potential consequence of tightened lines of communication and increased secrecy & concentration of power in a few hands. My point was that even in that hypothetical, in order to transition from coup to government you have to widen the circle again, dilute the power, and we're back to the large-ineffective paradigm again. Short term: maybe maybe consequences; long term: same old story.