Bureaucracy: Agent Of Fascism

Of all the supposed building blocks of modern governmental Political and Economic construction, "The Bureaucratic Structure" is the one which people around the globe marvel at most - for numerous obvious reasons. For one thing, they have absolutely nothing else to do, while waiting extensively in all of those damn lines. For, another, they marvel at how remarkably inefficiently the simplest of tasks can invariably be accomplished. But, mostly, they wonder about [precisely] how, and why, did these monstrous constructions come about....

Of course, these are all excellent questions! However, many of us will think even a few levels deeper.... Why are they so prevalent everywhere you can go on our planet? How come the various different forms of government are all imposing the very same Political and Economic Structures? How can one basic structure operate - albeit, equally screwed up - under all of those divergent political systems? And, precisely, what overall function does it ultimately serve?