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Bureaucracy and Wokeness

Human psychology often leads bureaucracies to prioritize their own existence over genuine ideals, using the guise of virtue to deflect accountability for failures. The discussion highlights how this manifests in various sectors, including the military and education, where superficial claims, like math being racist, overshadow the real issues of systemic failures. Ultimately, the focus shifts from combating wokeness as a symptom to addressing the underlying bureaucracy that perpetuates these issues.