What one book contains the most valuable lessons on government that every citizen of the country should become familiar with? The Federalist Papers? Plato’s Democracy? Seems to me that some of this stuff would be a lot more valuable than Romeo and Juliet or anne frankly’s diary or whatever passes for a civics class these days
Inb4 Starship Troopers
Seeing Like a State was really interesting. The topic of Managerialism comes up a lot here, and that book goes through a history of how that increased over time to ease the administration of larger and larger dominions as Kings consolidated power.