Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics #15

[@drozingler5964]

Absolutely loving sitting awake at 12:43 in the morning writing the 3 main points, 3 major facts, and 3 big questions about this video.

[@catie3539]

When it's 2020 and your AP exam is only 45 minutes long so you spend 10 hours writing review materials while listening to crash course in the hopes that your brain will somehow retain any of what your shoving into it.

[@MagnusKicks]

Catie gang 20 minutes till

[@catie3539]

@@MagnusKicks I finished my final question with five seconds to spare, but it told me I hadn't completed the section and now I have to retake the whole thing. I'm crying.

[@danielw1125]

currently studying bc I'm taking the retake tomorrow

[@catie3539]

Same!

[@mushroomsamba82]

"Rage against the correct machine" gave me a good laugh, thanks!

[@roidroid]

***** or my favourite, Rage against the politically correct machine. Bulls and gender non-specific bovines on parade!

[@SecretAgentMan00]

rally around the family with a pocket full of...... opinions

[@emilybarefoot9238]

Just watched every Crash Course Government and Politics video to help prepare myself for the AP US Gov and Politcs exam in two days... Great way to review the semester and even learn some things my teacher hadn't taught!

[@Sketchi]

AP Gov exam tomorrow. Let's do this.

[@whatby101]

+Sketchi Same, I feel like i know everything I need, but i'm worried i'm missing something.

[@backeroni]

+Sketchi same, but half of these videos teach ab stuff i havent learned, so ive skipped like 6

[@Kyanlikethepepper]

Did you pass?

[@Sketchi]

yes I did, thanks for asking haha! :D

[@ethanl886]

i have it on thursday yikes

[@sabrinahaque9681]

Sooo glad this video came out! Good luck to everyone taking their AP government exam this Tuesday!

[@annemarie9548]

y’all it’s quarantine and i fell down a political rabbit hole

[@jfranklin504]

I just discovered this guy’s page this morning and this is beautiful. I love his work and I love how he broke down the understanding of the word bureaucrat and bureaucracy. Great job.

[@potato2941]

I thought "Bureaucracy" was a government problem until I got a job at a company with 200k+ employees worldwide. I would say it's even worse in the corporate world.

[@wk3820]

The wisest person I ever knew once told me that the complexity of any system or bureaucracy is inversely proportional to the intelligence and competence of those who established it. I've seen this truism validated many times over the years.

[@RainaRamsay]

Can we get a shirt that says "Rage Against the Correct Machine"?

[@YuzuDrink]

I would buy that shirt.

[@RainaRamsay]

I know, right? It meets my desire to be precise while also acknowledging flaws in our society.

[@indubitablyzara]

Raina Ramsay I would definitely buy that shirt.

[@RainaRamsay]

Indubitably Zara That's 3 guaranteed sales! How many preorders before Crash Course will print something?

[@jonn_mace_80_95_]

Raina Ramsay We should.

[@khaleefax9553]

*"Bureaucracy is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives."*

[@GuardsmanBass]

One thing I'd add is that complexity often comes from the way bureaucracies have to deal with changing tasks and rules. Many bureaucracies are "system-critical" in a way, meaning that you can't simply shut them down and completely reform them after a period of time - imagine doing that with a school system, for example. Instead, you have to gradually implement the new rules, work out conflicts with the old ones, and replace/remove old rules and tasks so that the transition is much more seamless.

[@kynes333]

Really enjoyed Mr Green's series on american history. AND really enjoy Mr. Benzine and this whole series on politics and government. When you're done with Federal, I would love to see State then local start. You can cover the variances in each as you go: -Governor -State Legislatures (assembly, state senate) -County Government (supervisors, the commissions they appoint etc. ex. Los Angeles county is 10 million people - the size of a state - and controlled by 5 supervisors!) -Courts -City Governments ( weak/strong mayor, manager-Council, etc. Plus the commission appointments what are their roles. -Party structures (National, state, county; delegates, etc) Not even adults know half of this crap... ;) ...how many people know what an appointed commission does in their city or even the county. Or what a township supervisor does? Nice and practical information once the fed and state is done... ...then end with a HUGE ad for House of Cards. Ha ha J/K.

[@FunkyHonkyCDXX]

"Rage against the correct machine." Brilliant line!

[@AlanmanAaron]

"Crash Course was made with the help of these soulless bureaucrats. Thanks for watching!" 😂

[@dierderikd3986]

This is my favorite CrashCourse series. (I love you Chraig, you go girl)

[@MrAydenca]

Good luck to everyone that’s taking the AP Test on Monday!

[@aestheticshh5136]

Ayden MacKenzie thanks fam. Only an hour until I have to take it :/

[@MatthewNovak]

Tomorrow for me (it was delayed)!

[@timbobb905]

"Rage against the correct machine" I love it.

[@MrDylan2125]

Which machine do I rage against so that eagles get protection from punches?

[@CardsNHorns04]

PrimevalDragon The Illuminati machine. Its real.

[@zephyrvescent]

CardsNHorns04 How so, Cards? I keep hearing more and more on this subject, but I don't understand much about it.

[@nolanthiessen1073]

mama maus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)#Illuminati

[@nullvoid7370]

mama maus when ever you deal with a buracrat you always lose you time or monney or both all they do is take

[@nullvoid7370]

mama maus is kind of like the diference betweena a democrat wich takes your money and spends it or a Republican that takes your money and spends it but pretends to feel bad for it

[@geeway5923]

people: "legislative is the most powerful branch!" me: * laughs in bureacratics *

[@space2895]

Go rose

[@xionkuriyama5697]

You know why Craig prefers to be optimistic and skeptical of all the cynical horror stories? So that we can get past all the junk the media throws at us at actually work on fixing what really needs fixed. I love this guy.

[@lesliesalazar3967]

I absolutely love Crash Course Videos! They make studying fun!

[@Dinuial]

Re: UPS and the postal service. For day to day deliveries, yes UPS is quicker and more efficient, BUT during high traffic times (like Christmas) private delivery companies rely on the USPS to get everything taken care of. Private companies are concerned with profit and will keep their staff and infrastructure as small as possible to ensure maximum profit. Public agencies (when provided with adequate funding) can be made as large as necessary to fulfill their function whether it be delivering the mail or policing the foster care system.

[@ImmaterialDigression]

FUCKING NAILED IT! We need a public bowling alley ASAP! What do we want? A PUBLIC BOWLING ALLEY! When do we want it? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

[@keithwinget526]

ImmaterialDigression We pay for it with............... Ugh, you either STILL pay for shoes, or you pay for it in your taxes....... I hate this idea now lol, it made me think about money leaving my wallet.

[@ImmaterialDigression]

Keith Winget Well we pay taxes anyway, I'd reassign money rather than raise taxes. Would you rather spend money invading other countries or giving tax cuts to big business OR have bowling alleys. This is the choice I offer you! :P

[@keithwinget526]

ImmaterialDigression Honestly...... I hope someday I'll be able to have the 100%(I'd settle for 80% or 90% even)factual truth about what's going on in the world and with my country so I could actually have money reassignment opinions backed up by real facts. The reality is that's never going to happen. We basically rely on government for that, because they get the best information feed. Sure, they are massively politically motivated, but the bigger problem is that even THEY do not get 100% of the picture. Even if they did, there's still the possibility of making the wrong decision even with the best of intentions and the world's best experts(I'm definitely not saying they are, either). TLDR: Simple thing like a bowling alley appropriations bill taking money away from enforcement of.....idk....marijuana law ;) I could see that working out :P It'd be at the state level though.

[@matthewkaseman7457]

Head on a military base of any decent size.

[@professorcomics2736]

I really like the way this is organized. I find the order of which he videos are organized to be logical.

[@janviiic]

This is actually my most favorite Crash Course because of this guy hahahhaa

[@kenzyfranco8745]

Regarding crash course presenters, I don't like choosing favorites... but you're my favorite

[@jsuarezucf]

At first I wasn't sure if Wheezy Waiter was going to be a good fit as a show host for CC but I have to say, I enjoy all of the topics he covers, learn a ton, and his humor is freaking hilarious!! Keep up it WW, you're doing absolutely, positively, wicked awesome.

[@solomonfinn1272]

Great video, again! If I were to make a playlist of these politics videos could I call it Craigslist?

[@mavisdom-animeonpiano]

Solomon Finn lol

[@salomonflamenco7162]

Crash course philosophy pls

[@Bobsry16]

Salomon Flamenco So much yes.

[@mattcat83]

Salomon Flamenco Let's hope they get a philosopher who knows what he's talking about. After all, they might need to separate Continental from Analytic Philosophy.

[@liamgurney3802]

Like you haven't said that enough -_-

[@salomonflamenco7162]

Liam Gurney well guess what just started

[@ArcaneInsignia13]

The biggest problem with bureaucracy "is" that it allows experts to make and control the rules. So average folk have no grounds for challenging anything, which leads to the capacity for control guaranteed to corrupt said powers. They can conspire to fulfill their own agendas and who can do anything about it? What they need is a bureaucracy for morality that can take down corrupt systems when they overstep moral boundaries with their expertise and rule making.

[@libbybollinger5901]

Is it bad that all I know about bureaucracy I got from parks and rec

[@ca1682]

This was excellent and exceptionally informative!

[@JeffreyLipton]

Craig, you say there is unlikely to be private meat inspection, however the Orthodox Union has inspected food including meat since 1920. The Edison Labs and United Labs have been certifying other products for a long time as well. Often government certifications can be less strict than private ones and are used by entrenched interests to shield themselves from public scrutiny and future competition .

[@brandonthesteele]

Craig, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[@Alman556]

Brandon Shaffer Yes, also politically correct. Now say it with me War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

[@reverseflashes]

We watched this in our Management Science class. Very educational.

[@bz3105]

Good video overall, but one slight correction at about 3:30: final rules/regulations are published in the Code of Federal Regulations ("CFR"), not the Federal Register ("FR"), which is more of a day-to-day publication that informs the public of proposed rules/regulations, notice and comment periods, etc.

[@slh3940]

Thankful for this course , without it I was all over the place trying to understand any of it really!

[@ImperatorZor]

WE NEED MORE BUREAUCRACY!

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

I've always thought any government agency should be established for a fixed period of time, say 10 years, after which it would have to be evaluated and either: Not renewed or Renewed but based on lessons learned during the previous 10 years. It would be even better if an entirely new agency were created based on those lessons with fresh hiring for all positions in the "new" agency.

[@mbarraicua]

Excellent video! Fun, instructive, clear... Congrats!

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

Sounds like we need some bureaucratic separation of powers at the federal level. Some nice establishment of types of bureacracies which and which can be provisioned into the executive, judical, and legislative branches.

[@SaidinRage]

I love the animators putting Bobby in the videos.

[@Leolukpeu]

you should do a series like brain games. it'd be awesome!!! kinda marketing/psychology/neuroeconomics course or somethink like that

[@exodia6579]

Good one Craig!!! 😆😆😆😂 that was such a great joke, "Byzantupid!!" That was to great!!!

[@Aibytours]

"It seems unlikely that a private corporation would spring up to inspect meat." This is a funny example. I have a friend who works at a veterinarian institution and inspects meat and other food before it will be available on the market. This used to be a state institution, but it was bought by a private (US [and I don't live in the US]) corporation and was basically outsourced. It seems kinda worrying, really. But the main point is that there actually seems to be quite a bit of profit to make from food inspection, since everyone who wants to sell his food on the market needs some kind of seal of approval.

[@fluorideenjoyer]

when you forget the entire course material for ap gov and you're doing your study guide for the exam at the last possible second

[@emilebichelberger7590]

I’m just interested in government, politics and how things work. It’s rather important.

[@fluorideenjoyer]

Emile Bichelberger i could not possibly care less

[@emilebichelberger7590]

Nick Sexton Yea I can see that, just before we part ways forever. You might be interested in the show Yes Minister.

[@TheFireflyGrave]

When I was four there was a hurricane in Kingston Town with a foot and a half of water Everyone was alright, but I cried all night It blew my alphabet blocks out of order And they said this boy’s born to be a bureaucrat Born to be all obsessive and snotty I made my friends and relations file long applications To get into my tenth birthday party.

[@mikesanchez4356]

Power is divided into three branches: Kings, Lord's, Peasants...same old story only branded differently.

[@dford192]

Appreciated the "rage against the [correct] machine" comment while I was wearing my RATM shirt. :)

[@fyivid]

Haha, got an exam in U.S. Politics in 3 days. This is truly saving my bacon. Cheers man!

[@CassesVultus]

Isn't there a federal bureaucracy that penalizes people for punching eagles?

[@Alexaflohr]

Yep. The EPA. Lucky that one's plastic.

[@user-dx8nj7qj2g]

Eagle I'm gonna go shot an eagle and watch as you's can't do anything about it

[@smeggie42]

The ATF is a good example of government agencies making up rules. They recently wanted to change an interpretation of a law to ban M855 green tip ammo. The thing is even the guys who wrote the law never wanted it to be interpreted that way. Luckily they didn't change it but they did use the same kind of rules to stop importation of cheap russian ammo last year.

[@Tytoalba777]

smeggie42 May I ask, do you have the direct quote of the rule? I want to read it to see if they could potentially read it that way

[@nolanthiessen1073]

smeggie42 The Russia ammo issue was likely more due to with Federal trade sanctions than anything to do with it being cheap.

[@smeggie42]

James A Clouder check out 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(17)(C) (17) (A) The term “ammunition” means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellent powder designed for use in any firearm. (B) The term “armor piercing ammunition” means- (i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or (ii) a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile. (C) The term “armor piercing ammunition” does not include shotgun shot required by Federal or State environmental or game regulations for hunting purposes, a frangible projectile designed for target shooting, a projectile which the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes, or any other projectile or projectile core which the Attorney General finds is intended to be used for industrial purposes, including a charge used in an oil and gas well perforating device.

[@smeggie42]

this site sums it all up well. www.ammoland.com/2015/02/atf-framework-logic-would-ban-additional-ammo-beyond-m855-as-armor-piercing-ammo/#axzz3ZvfI08yR

[@PinkChucky15]

I have honestly never had a bad experience at the DMV.

[@mortimerlivan557]

I was just thinking that eagle would have a no-punch day until 2:33

[@36inc]

love this guy "Rage agianst the correct machine" PERFECT WORD PLAY~

[@EmperorZelos]

If we didn't have bureaucracies we would have too much time to do other things. So they help us manage our time by reducing the availiable time we have.

[@iwantmyfriescrispynotburnt3981]

Anyone thought about Hermes from Futurama?

[@mouse2335]

Only reason Wasn’t not failing civics until this

[@royloebe7398]

Hey! I love your videos and all the Crash Course content but I'm commenting to point out that, for the colorblind (like me), the list shown on screen around 2:04 only contains a 1. and a 3. Whatever combination of colors you have working here makes what I can only assume is the 2. in that list completely invisible.

[@kellysmith8565]

Little does wheezy know I'm entitling my first book "rage against the correct machine".

[@dynamicworlds1]

Can we take a moment to notice the fact that dollar bills (which say, "this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private") is not accepted as payment by an agency working for the government.

[@OSheaPunk]

The Post Office would be as efficient as FedEx if they were allowed to compete. So the choice is either let the Post Office charge $2.00 for a stamp or deal with a longer wait time. Also the largest federal bureaucracies are the Social Security Administration and Center for Medicare Services. If you can find a way to make that interesting to an audience of teenagers next week, I will be impressed :)

[@DougiebearTheEpic]

***** UPS was rated as the most expensive way to send something in the United States, while FedEx and USPS are neck and neck the cheapest. The main thing that people seem to forget is that USPS does compete. It gets no tax dollars to support itself, so it stays open by making money like every one else. I think it was Forbes (don't quote me on which magazine) that put those three against each other and USPS won out because they generally have faster shipping times. And they also have the lowest rate of damaging packages. So there's that lol

[@peddlerinc5332]

OSheaPunk OOOOOOooo GGOOTT EM!

[@OSheaPunk]

The Epic Dougiebear The entire infrastructure that UPS relies on to make deliveries was created by the USPS.

[@2sites]

OSheaPunk Just like how Obama said the internet was created by the government. Lmfaooooo oh man.. that's hilarious.

[@36inc]

***** They privatized years ago theyre a joke- In the 80s and 90s- but suddenly Usps jokes in 2000 comedies dont happen anymore. In my experience havin used both- Theyre comparable and if safety is a concern then Usps is the better option. like its said Ups willl Just leavee it there. something that doesnt hurt me much because I have a raised porch with a noisy screen door and my dads always hom.

[@Zakary749]

The greatest bureaucrat of all time Hermes 😂

[@star.set76]

Not me binge watching these videos for a better score on my final..

[@WillhelmSundman]

"Rage against the correct machine", i like the sound of that.

[@TimberWolf2025]

I enjoyed this crash course at .75 speed. I could catch a lot more of the jokes and have time to laugh.

[@SapphireCrook]

Oh, so the DMV is state, not federal? Oof, that means I can shake my fist a few degrees lower. That's really going to save some calories in the long run! :D

[@bizn0nka]

Schools are bureaucracies too!!!!!

[@Eunacis]

In Florida, the DMV is delegated to the county gov't, so it can be either pleasant (St. Johns) or a living Hell. (Duval)

[@UserNameAnonymous]

The video claims that it's unlikely that a private meat-inspection company would exist in the absence of the FDA. This is absurd. Private businesses already perform this function, though the stamp of approval is implicit (as opposed to the explicit FDA seal of approval). Most big restaurant chains have their own inspectors and require that the meat they purchase meets higher standards than the FDA standards. When you eat meat from a restaurant or supermarket, you are relying on their reputation for selling quality, untainted meat. If a restaurant gets a reputation for selling bad meat, demand for their products would drop dramatically - thereby lowering the price they can charge. When you go to Whole Foods, their good reputation is reflected in the higher price people are willing to pay.

[@dasenbrj]

Thanks for reminding everyone about ECON 101. It isn't particularly novel or interesting to say "the free market punishes for poor quality product..." nor is it always the way that the world actually works. Sinclair's "The Jungle" and the real-world events that the book brought to light were largely where food regulations started - and for good reason. Companies were selling incredibly poor-quality meat, and most people didn't have other options, therefore the market couldn't correct for it. Think about the ratings agencies that played a role in the 2008 financial crisis, and tell me that government regulations are always unnecessary.

[@UserNameAnonymous]

Excellent example. The SEC regulations stipulate that there can only be 3 which the SEC must approve. Then regulations say that pension plans and the like must use ratings issued by those ratings agencies. The agencies have a captive audience and they therefore pay no price for making mistakes because they face no competition and can't lose customers. If the ratings agencies had their reputations and livelihoods on the line (which they didn't, thanks to the government), they wouldn't have issued those ratings on securities they didn't understand. It wasn't a market, there was no competition. On top of that, the ratings agencies and the banks were VERY heavily regulated before the crash. Those regulators watched and approved everything those banks did and it did nothing to prevent the crash. Why is nobody blaming the regulators? Whenever anything goes wrong, they act like they couldn't have prevented it. If you give the regulators and ratings agencies a pass and say "well, nobody knew before but we all know now so let's move forward," that's fair enough, but why wouldn't you give that same pass to the banks? I draw multiple possible conclusions from this. Government regulations create problems of their own and the regulators are no better at foreseeing previously unknown problems than the markets are.

[@xSlappykinkaidx]

+UserNameAnonymous One thing I think that gets all to easily overlooked in the "current model" vs free market economics discussion is the necessity to compare like to like. I have seen a lot of debate over this topic & the one thing I have regularly noticed is that proponents of free market economics argue the theoretical ideals of how free market economics SHOULD operate vs the real world implementation of the current structure. This is important because if you were to compare the theoretical ideal of how the current structure SHOULD operate to how it actually DOES operate in reality, you will notice a vast disparity. The same rule therefore logically would apply to free market economics, especially once you factor in the human nature element. Once a concept transitions from theory to practical application, there is a certain degree of change in the actual outcome. This rule applies almost universally with varying different degrees of change. Let's take the age old debate over minimum wage for example. Free market economists claim that the minimum wage prices some workers out of the market & pushes many businesses to replace paid workers with automation & that eliminating the minimum wage will grant the employer & prospective employee more bargaining power when entering into a mutually voluntary agreement of work for wages. Granted, there is a good chunk of truth to that, but you need to flesh out the theory a bit more to get a better scope of the issue. So the theory dictates that if a worker starts out in an unskilled entry level position for low wages, they can use that as an opportunity to develop skills, build their resume & use that as bargaining leverage when seeing advanced employment. It presumes that workers that are more skilled & qualified can reasonably bargain for a higher wage & that employers will be willing to pay those higher wages for the higher qualified workers. In theory & to some extent in practical application, it works that way under the current structure. However, let's implement this in a theoretical test environment. Now granted, yes I know we are still in the realm of theory, but I think this will provide some much needed insight. Let's presume that established corporations A, B & C, now no longer encumbered by minimum wage laws decide to reduce their wages across the board by 50%, funneling the extra revenue into their profit margins. Now the free market theory dictates that in a free market, those workers can reject that employer & go to another one that offers better wages & the employers will suffer due to the loss of their workforce. However, that implies that there is a vast pool of available jobs just waiting for someone to come along & scoop them up. Currently, with unemployment being as much of an issue as it is already, the presumption of sufficient job openings in general, let alone at better wages, being available for this massive influx of job seekers looking for better wages is unreasonable. The reality is, if there are no open jobs at better wages for those workers to hop into, they have the choice of remaining at their current employer at the lower wages & just deal with it, or take on the risk of no income at all for an indeterminate span of time, until they can obtain a position at a better pay scale. & since gaps in employment, the volume of job seekers to available jobs & other such factors play a significant role in the value of the worker to the prospective employer, this is a considerably high risk, especially for those workers that are living paycheck to paycheck. This is a key area where theory breaks down & real world implications reshape the actual economical structure. Now it could be argued that many of those workers can instead choose to create their own jobs & start their own business. This again is not very realistic because it requires an initial expenditure of capitol, which most simply do not have, and the ability to either become profitable overnight, which most businesses are not, & the ability to be self sustaining until it is profitable, which typically takes at least a year even if the new business owner is able to capitalize on the right market & has the business sense to structure his business well enough to draw enough business away from their established competition enough to at least be cash solvent. Now this might be attainable for a few of those affected workers, but for the vast majority, the reality will be they will stay at their current job at the lower wages because unless companies D, E & F, all open their doors & say "Hey workers of companies A, B & C. Come work for us & we will pay you what you used to make", sticking with the lower wages is their only reasonable option. Now let's examine the theory of Companies D, E & F doing just that. Let's presume they see companies A, B & C slash their staff wages & think to themselves, "Hey. If we offer their workers the same wages they were making before, we can scoop up most of their workers." Well what would be their motivation? They are a business after all, & the primary purpose of business is to make money. So what would be the goal of expanding their workforce at higher wages, especially if they are not in the process of expanding? Well one possibility is, let's presume they were banking on the notion that if given the opportunity, enough of companies A, B & C's workforce would leave rendering those companies with insufficient workers to remain productive, which might cause their stock value to spiral low enough that they can be simply bought out by the other companies. However, if companies A, B & C are able to find workers willing to work for the lower wages to replace the ones that left, which is especially easy in an economy flush with workers all competing for a small pool of jobs, that renders that move pointless. I mean if a worker went to company E & applied for a job at $10 an hour, was rejected & then applied at company A for $5 an hour, work at $5 an hour is better than no work at $0 an hour. That would leave companies D, E & F with a surplus idle workforce at higher wages, eating into their profits while adding no additional value. Another scenario that I argue is more realistic would be, if the workers, left with no better options stay at companies A, B & C, those companies would not only have larger profits due to lower workforce costs, but additionally would perform better in the stock market as the increase in profits would increase their market value & their value with shareholders. This would set a precedent where Companies S, B & C were able to slash their workers wages to the bone with no adverse effects. Companies D, E & F would be more likely to take notice, observe the financial gains of their competitors & the lack of any repercussions, & follow suit. This not only achieves the same ends of benefitting the business, but also does so without the pitfalls & risks of trying to poach the workforce of the competition in the hopes that it will de-value the competition enough to acquire them. Especially when you expand this out on a broader scale & factor in the ratios of which businesses cut wages vs those that keep them stationary or increase them. Since the majority of businesses currently favor paying their workers as little as possible rather than higher wages, (aside from upper management), it would be unreasonable to presume that this trend would change in a free market. Additionally, when it comes to barganing power for wages, if the value of say... An Engineer was reduced to half it's value in the open market, the worker's leverage for asking for wages will be affected commensorately. Now mind you, I'm not exactly arguing in favor of, or against free market economics, I personally believe that there are some ideas that those from the free market side propose that have merit, but an entirely free market structure is honestly unrealistic. However, the point that I am trying to make is to highlight where theoretical ideals unravel when you go beyond the "in a perfect world, this is how it theoretically should happen" & account for real world factors.

[@twelge15]

Sheldon the bully was about to hit me when I said we could 'settle our disputes through administrative adjudication'. Then he broke my nose. - Woody Allen

[@chadbugansky]

Craig for president!!!

[@desireeholloway3353]

I LOVE YOU CRAIG!!💘

[@sylvainb2125]

Hi ! Your picture to represent a cop at 6:10 was a picture of a french cop of the "Police Nationale" and so a Federal/National agent oopsy daisy :p Mistakes happen Crash Course ;) Greetings from France ^^

[@pastor5492]

The world cannot deny that this exist

[@iamastick1931]

The fact that this isn't John Green is weird.

[@rosec5629]

I am a stick You made it this far without realizing it wasn't John Green?

[@theplaguedoc1997]

i dont know who he is either, but he seems tired, or at least trying hard to keep up with a fast pace of speaking he's not normally used to, just for the sake of keeping up with how these videos normally go, probably cos of time constraints to gain retention time, damn KZbin bureaucracies...

[@beenokok529]

I love that bureaucracy is like king George. Effective but everyone hate being under them.

[@aryaahmadi4029]

These videos deserve more views :-(

[@bernernovak]

it would be awesome to have a section of carsh courses dedicated to "electricity"

[@benaaronmusic]

I learned a lot on this episode. Thanks, Craig! From a fellow beardlover, -Ben

[@antivanti]

The main reason for the increasing bureaucracy is to cover the growing needs of the increasing bureaucracy.

[@reesemcgeese824]

i love "rage against the correct machine"

[@2sites]

Regulations need to be written by "experts" so in turn, they are written by people with special interest in that industry. The whole process has nothing to do with efficiency. Intentions don't get things done.

[@chrnogirl]

I've never had a crazy wait time at the DMV...maybe like an hour at most. :)

[@MrsBStacyBattleBorn]

I appreciate your insight into the matter- but it is not permitted in the Constitution and therefore is not lawful- everything Congress and the Executive Branch decided to do must fit in the framework of powers delegated to them in the Constitution, so it doesn't matter if Congress or the Executive at the time think they are efficient or beneficial in some way.

[@dtache724]

+MrsB Stacy That is a very strict interpretation of the Constitution. The elastic clause certainly gives Congress the power to make laws they deem necessary and proper.

[@arynsinger6811]

necessary and proper clause - gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers granted by the Constitution.

[@Pachico760]

It is unbelievably hard to not call first.

[@CasaStudios]

They do have public bowling allies. They are on military bases.

[@1973Washu]

The bureaucracy has expanded to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

[@rashad123us]

This video is very bureaucratic.

[@jorzer18]

Props for the Rage Against The Machine connection 👍

[@jayyzee5708]

'i make my own rules, like a bureaucracy' i need a shirt that says teh exact thing

[@harshtanksale7511]

Pls do something on Gallipoli (WW1)

[@sharkzombiess]

right on time for the ap gov test ! :)

[@nattbeth3]

Helping me pass the ap gov exam :)

[@myfamilyiscrazy]

I need a "Rage against the correct Machine" sticker by, like, yesterday.

[@ronaldjoel4827]

good luck everyone taking the ap gov exam tomorrow!

[@Kal93]

When he said he didn't have to fill out forms to make an episode of Crash Course, I said "not yet" out loud. I also think Bureaucracy was created by Satan to make the world a worse place. 😂

[@JayneCobb88]

bureaucracies and companies are nothing alike despite their organizational structures being similar (its just a result of management efficiency). Companies have to make a profit, corporations have to make their share holders happy (which usually means making a profit) while government bureaucracies have to make their department heads happy and those motivations are as varied as people but profit is almost never a factor. And the overall motivation of an organization determines how it behaves. This underemphasis of profit is sometimes good (FDA, EPA, CIA) and sometimes bad (AHCA, SSA, VA). Basically if money is a major motivator, government regulation is usually terrible (veteran's administration) but if public safety is the major factor, government involvment is awesome, especially in comparison to capitalist alternatives (food & drug administration)

[@kendrawilson1697]

Why is your mug always empty? I'm far more concerned about that than why you punch your eagle every episode.