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The Meaning of Saluting the Uniform, Not the Man
In theory, everything that you do is scripted. And it's an endless process. Your job involves not achieving an objective, but following a procedure. Having any kind of personal authority is really anathema to any kind of bureaucratic or oligarchic system. It's almost like a bureaucracy is sort of more like a court than like an army in some ways. Like everybody's a suit. You salute the uniform, not the man kind of thing.