There are books which you read and think ‘that’s so me, and it captures my thoughts very well.’ This is that book. While, I am not an anarchist, the book’s theme of least bureaucracy is what I aspire for. While I have long dreamt about eliminating bureaucracy, and in this tunnel vision, I never explored other characteristics of bureaucracy. While I was always scared about violence, but I never would have thought how every form of bureaucracy is built on the threat of violence. It sounds absurd but is also true at the same time. Because violence is the ultimate action that governments or bureucrats undertake to impose their action on the normal citizens. Eviction, arrests and beatings are all forms of violence to humiliate the citizens, and hence, bureaucracy is built on threats of violence. Its admirable how he pinpoints that governments and bureaucrats exist mainly because of their monopoly on violence. This is also true, and why history has only bloody revolutions to record when tyranny fails or needs to be uprooted. His personal stories are amazing to read through, and also his taking of the other side of the argument - the necessity of bureaucracy is good to read a balanced form on the topic. His discussion of sci-fi movies, and how they lead to higher expectations but are never realised in time is an important aspect of the book. While, that part and section of the book reads boring and non-relevant, it carries with it more weight towards the origins of unnecessary bureaucracy. His rhetoric on how technological progress hasn’t made any changes to society in a positive manner is important to understand and something to pay heed to. If one can understand how bureaucracy originates and how little it delivers, society can move forward collectively better for everyone. His distinction or inclusion of bureaucrats as rulers does have a tone of us v them, and his details on police work does really provide evidence for the necessity of police. However, the us v them approach is very extreme in my opinion and something I cannot espouse. I believe if any revolutionary reads that, he/she is bound to use that as a provocative battle cry to commandeer his troops for an uprising. But, he does have merit in his statement and hence, its not entirely to be discarded. I will have to keep this book with me as I have to come back to it again for references.