A better example might have been to get an extension to your factory or a new machine. Something clearly more of a reasonable business investment than a yacht.
If you got Stalin's attention, you might have been able to get it right away (or go to the Gulag right away..) But that's a very special case, and in general dictatorships don't lack for bureaucracy.
For a more benign version, look at getting anything done in the military or a very big and very top-down company where in theory the CEO reigns supreme.
A better example might have been to get an extension to your factory or a new machine. Something clearly more of a reasonable business investment than a yacht.
If you got Stalin's attention, you might have been able to get it right away (or go to the Gulag right away..) But that's a very special case, and in general dictatorships don't lack for bureaucracy.
For a more benign version, look at getting anything done in the military or a very big and very top-down company where in theory the CEO reigns supreme.