My theory is that the foundational problem is hubris. Everyone sees problems around them and thinks they can personally concieve the complete system enough to solve those problems personally. Thus, they create bureaucrats to enforce economic controls to fix things, caps on grain price is a classic.

The unaccountable bureaucrats are the problem, but then one would also have to admit that they can't see the full picture. No one wants to give up their power or think less of themselves, so they keep tightening the screws instead of admitting that the existence of those controls is why they failed. It is innate to restrictive economic policy.

As the lies to justify themselves stack, they need to disconnect from reality in a very significant, notably ruinous way.

My theory is that the foundational problem is hubris. Everyone sees problems around them and thinks they can peronsally concieve the complete system enough to solve those problems personally. Thus, they create bureaucrats to enforce economic controls to fix things, caps on grain price is a classic.

The unaccountable bureaucrats are the problem, but then one would also have to admit that they can't see the full picture. No one wants to give up their power or think less of themselves, so they keep tightening the screws instead of admitting that the existence of those controls is why they failed. It is innate to restrictive economic policy.

As the lies to justify themselves stack, they need to disconnect from reality in a very significant, notably ruinous way.

My theory is that the foundational problem is hubris. Everyone sees problems around them and thinks they can peronsally concieve the complete system enough to solve those problems personally. Thus, they create buearacrats to enforce economic controls to fix things, caps on grain price is a classic.

The unaccountable buearacrats are the problem, but then one would also have to admit that they can't see the full picture. No one wants to give up their power or think less of themselves, so they keep tightening the screws instead of admitting that the existence of those controls is why they failed. It is innate to restrictive economic policy.

As the lies to justify themselves stack, they need to disconnect from reality in a very significant, notably ruinous way.