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Bureaucracy: How Paperwork Took Over the World

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Bureaucracy: How Paperwork Took Over the World

By: James Johnson
Narrated by: Bill Rogers
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Bureaucracy doesn’t wear a uniform. It hides behind forms, signatures, waitlists, voicemails, protocols, and “I’ll have to check with my supervisor.” This is an audiobook about the machine we’ve all learned to live with. The one that slows everything down, spreads the blame, and strangles the very systems it claims to protect.

From governments to schools, hospitals to HR departments, bureaucracy infects every layer of modern life. But it wasn’t supposed to be this way. This is a breakdown of how bureaucracy spreads, why it survives, and what it would actually take to cut the red tape. It’s not about forms. It’s about control. And it’s time we took it back.

©2025 James Johnson (P)2026 James Johnson
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