[p-e-w]

It took me a long time to realize that in the big picture, all those inefficiencies are actually upsides.

Most of what governments do is harmful to society. The more inefficient and inept they are at it, the better.

Sure, it may be an inconvenience sometimes. But it's nothing compared to the dystopian horror of what a truly efficient government would look like. The "ideal" government that works purely electronically through automatically-applied rules is the worst world I can imagine living in. Every additional day we can manage to hold off that future is a victory.

[arein3]

You lost hope in the government, but a good government is not focused on spying but on making life better, basically opposite of what you described. Governemnt can be efficient at building things, maintaining infrastructure, but not spying and controlling it's citizens.

[kaba0]

Yeah, please instead let that ultra-capitalist liberalist worldview bloom! I so want Coca Cola putting cocaine into my drinks, or some “food” company optimizing for quantity over basic health codes, or drug companies selling non-working fakes with questionable qualities!

Governments, and their rules are one of the quintessential parts of our modern lives. Noone sane wants to live in the aforementioned utopia.

[sofixa]

> Most of what governments do is harmful to society

Hard disagree. Some of what they do is harmful, and needs a vigilant and active population to keep at bay; but the vast vast majority is massively useful, or even critical. Decentralised (as in, not government managed/controlled/planned/regulated, where government could be anything from a single centralised one to a highly local one) infrastructure, education, consumer protections, healthcare, safety/security sound like a nightmare. Reminds me of thet libertarian utopia town with the bears (A Libertarian Walks into a Bear is a fun book).

> (On libertrarians) House cats. They are convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don't appeciate or understand.

~ John Spaulding