State assistance is efficient only where objective criteria dominate

Evidence

In these cases, assistance has a more technical character and consequently the State, or the larger institution, is much more efficient. Its greater abundance of means and its centralized administration show their advantages in those cases where personal and local circumstances have little importance. And aside from the qualitative determination of the direct prestations of the State, there is the quantitative determination that particularly differentiates public from private assistance: the State and, in general, public organizations attend only to the most urgent and immediate needs. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 430

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Objective group rule proves beneficial only when subordinates need impartiality, not mercy — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 342