In the book Polity: political culture and the nature of politics, Craig L. Carr explains how bureaucracies work and how hierarchical they must be; “The centralized management necessary for bureaucratic efficiency requires hierarchical organization, and hierarchical organization involves layers of authority understood in terms of superiors and subordinates.” (Carr, 2007, p.157) It goes on to explain the inefficiencies within the bureaucratic system and how these inefficiencies have contributed to tragedies such as the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The United States of America claims to be a democratic nation but in hindsight the ideals of bureaucracy conflict with democracy. We can see in Carr's argument that the bureaucratic system is flawed in many ways. And we can observe that “bureaucratic necessity is therefore on a collision course with the liberal ideals” that the United States claims to have. (Carr, 2007, p.175). At the end of page 174, Carr provides an explanation of how rules are the reason things get done in a bureaucratic system. They are the privates who listen to their commanding officers and follow the rules and directions the commanding officers give them. Again, this is how things are done. Carr states: “Like any bureaucracy, the military depends on the experience of its commanding officers and the loyalty of its subordinates. Everyone must understand their role in the organization and everyone must assume their organizational responsibilities. "(Carr, 2007, p.157) So here, we think if the loyalty of his subordinates, but what about the loyalty of the commander? officer? When we take a look at the bureaucratic system and its efficiency with its “soldiers”, I think it's... middle of the paper... blindly low because we have no choice but to trust the man above us. Whether that man is as corrupt as Hitler or as honest as everyone believes Pope Benedict to be, it's full on trust that remains in the superior man. Being human, that trust will fail and the willingness to corruption caused by selfish people will remain. Although there is not much solution to the selfishness of people and their agendas, people still control who in some way is at the top and who are those people we look up to. Ultimately, we choose our will and we choose who we blindly follow sometimes they can be corrupted. Works Cited Carr, C. (2007). Polity: political culture and nature of politics. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.