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In some countries, government support networks grow out of christian charity schemes where a powerful person will discretionarily share a tiny portion of their time and wealth with the destitute of their choosing and gets to be enthusiastically cheered on for this sacrifice.

This often does not translate well to actual country-scale structural problems. Especially if in some of those countries' individuals also happen to consider paying taxes as a way in to government-scale decision making.