As was inevitable. It was a bureaucratic tyranny from day 1, with only the thinnest veneer of democracy ever installed. All bureaucratic organizations have the same failing: A bureaucrat cannot imagine a world with less bureaucracy or oversight, and cannot accept a person or organisation acting independently with autonomy. Independence and autonomy are anathema to all administrators in the same way that a king abhors real liberty.
As was inevitable. It was a bureaucratic tyranny from day 1, with only the thinnest veneer of democracy ever installed. All bureaucratic organizations have the same failing: A bureaucrat cannot imagine a world with less bureaucracy or oversight, and cannot accept a person or organisation acting independently with autonomy. Independence and autonomy are anathema to all administrators in the same way that a king abhors real liberty.