[Psycho_Bunny]

One can imagine the PowerPoint presentations!

It's hard to tell which has the greater potential to more quickly destroy human civilization:  Leftist Thought or PowerPoint presentations.

[pollyannaish]

LOL. In many cases, they are one and the same.

[jammer]

Bureaucracies exist to employ bureaucrats. What realist can be surprised? Central planning results in, for example, 75 consecutive years of "bad weather" in Russia which leads to poor harvests which leads to 70 consecutive years of unmet goals in 5-year "plans."

For other examples, check the American companies (all that I know of are bankrupt) who used the TQM planning models of Demming.

When people do most of their own planning, with their own risks, "plans" work much better. They actually plan and implement, rather than plan for planning's sake. Results count, not the "process."

[Kenny Bunk]

It's hard to tell which has the greater potential to more quickly destroy human civilization: Leftist Thought or PowerPoint presentations

PowerPoint has given the Left, and in particular leftist consultants, new life. Real people use VISIO. Pentagon PowerPoint Rule: 10 slide-maximum!

The Plan was a typical half-baked government concoction. They needed to communicate it to the lower classes more effectively. For instance, in order to have your NOLA Welfare Card re-charged at the end of the month and get your Food Stamps, the recipients should have been required to participate in a rehearsal (or two) AND sit through PowerPoints in the SuperDome until they got it right.

Nagin's people don't do what they're told. They do what they're told and given money for. Think NOLA election.

[colonialhk]

The blend is really volitile