well d'oh, the US turned from a problem solving society into a norm following society
Did we... become less competent? In 100 years?https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm?mod=article_inline …
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As a thought experiment, what would it take to build housing in the Presidio today? There would be environmental impact studies, hearings by various agencies, lawsuits from various interest groups, design reviews… Back in 1906 a general could just order troops to build stuff.
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Presidio is federal land— the City of SF doesn’t govern it
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You got one generation of high quality out of abolishing the spoils system before the new incentives were solved and the rot set in.
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Yeah I don't know how you measure institutional decay and decline of governance but a good proxy is how well the citizens thrive.https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/02/the-cost-of-thriving/ …
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One of the great things about competitive elections is that the mutual disrespect of parties for each others’ taboos and shibboleths means that each has to at least try to constrain theirs to shouting distance of reality. Absent that check, the weeds grow high.
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well... we're better at suing people and constructing arcane financial instruments than we've ever been before
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Yeah both the left and the right are to blame. Right: for confusing small Government with incompetent Government Left: for introducing so many regulations that new developments grind to a near halt
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Imagine the optics of rounding up homeless and putting them in camps. So I guess that's a yes?
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