[p0pularopinion]

> Certainly no one wants any of this. Yet somehow the rules pile up.

Haha. May I introduce you to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_Reform_Movement

German precision was not only about engineering, it has always also been about having a precisely defined bureaucratic process for everything.

Also, people never explicitly say they do want more bureaucracy. More often, the bureaucracy is more often a result of what people don't want to. They may want more roads, but they don't want them near *their* home, thus they fight for something to prevent construction there. They may want this subsidy, but they most certainly do not want person X to get it as well.

[egorfine]

> precisely defined bureaucratic process for everything

Which is extremely similar to communism. As in: perfect in theory, impossible in real life.