The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each individual believes it to be aligned with the preferences of most of the others. It involves a breakdown of group communication in which each member mistakenly believes that their own preferences are counter to the group's, and therefore does not raise objections.
The above is a single aspect of how bureaucracies can harm the target audience, another important feature is the clear perversion of moral principles and the rejection of pedagogical ethical tenets, leading to an inverse and dangerous state within organisations and agencies that employ liberal utilitarianism to justify, in this case, public health. Utilitarianism has its place in liberal societies, however, it can just as easily be manipulated to create the opposite where the public is compelled to act like lemmings and jump before they look.
Collective Fallacy
The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each individual believes it to be aligned with the preferences of most of the others. It involves a breakdown of group communication in which each member mistakenly believes that their own preferences are counter to the group's, and therefore does not raise objections.
The above is a single aspect of how bureaucracies can harm the target audience, another important feature is the clear perversion of moral principles and the rejection of pedagogical ethical tenets, leading to an inverse and dangerous state within organisations and agencies that employ liberal utilitarianism to justify, in this case, public health. Utilitarianism has its place in liberal societies, however, it can just as easily be manipulated to create the opposite where the public is compelled to act like lemmings and jump before they look.