Top-down hierarchies don’t work too well anymore. from Gary D. Barnett at lewrockwell.com:
“For the greater good”: the phrase that always precedes the greatest evil.”
~ Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
My first experience with the chain of command was when the Army drafted me into slavery during Vietnam. This particular dogma was demanded from the outset, and the reasons for this concept were immediately apparent to me. I knew that I would never adhere to such nonsense, as the entire premise was based upon complete control of the individual through intimidation, while imposing impossible bureaucratic headwinds meant to dissuade any from seeking relief from injustice or abuse. In other words, do as you are told, follow orders, and obey all “superiors,” which leads to tyranny over the majority.
Any chain of command is meant to operate as a top down, class system of control, where the real power, the oligarchy, is shielded from those who do the bidding of the upper class bosses. This strategy purposely eliminates the individual, and without individual thought and action, there is no greater good, only greater corruption and greater authority. In the military, this is said to be for advancing and accomplishing the mission, in the corporation, it is said to be for group efficiency, and in the general population, it is said to be for the greater good of all. It is none of these things; it is only indoctrination propaganda that is meant to create a docile underclass.
