David Graeber, the most significant anthropologist of our time, presents a brilliant and long-overdue fundamental critique of global bureaucracy. He explores the origins of our longing for regulations and exposes their significance as a means of exercising power. We all hate bureaucrats. We cannot comprehend that we have to spend a large part of our lives filling out forms. Yet at the same time, the belief in bureaucracy fuels our hope for efficiency, transparency, and justice. Especially in the digital age, the desire for order grows, and with it, the power of bureaucracies over each of us increases. However, they do not make our societies transparent and efficient; rather, they now serve the interests of elite groups. Capitalism and bureaucracy have entered into a disastrous pact.