Here in Norway a bridge built with known structural deficiencies did in fact collapse[1], and basically nothing has happened except tax payers get to pay even more for a new bridge.
Unless enough lives are lost, people generally don't care that much it seems.
I'm not sure if this would line up with the Dunbar number or something similar, but it sure seems reasonable that societies and centralized power should never grow beyond the scale where people stop caring.
If the public is expected to keep government and corporstions in check but the public doesn't care, it can only end poorly.
If the public is expected to keep government and corporstions in check but the public doesn't care, it can only end poorly.