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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by dTal on Sunday March 29, 2020 @03:28PM (#22721858)
Have you considered that maybe broken inefficiency is not necessarily a property of governments in general? The local optimum might be to avoid having the government do things, but the global optimum is to fix your government.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by throwawaynerdy on Sunday March 29, 2020 @03:49PM (#22722074)
If you look at history, I'm not sure it's possible for a government to get better. I'm not aware of any historical examples. Revolution can happen, but that means a new government.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by germinalphrase on Sunday March 29, 2020 @04:21PM (#22722348)
They clearly work well enough they every functioning society on earth utilizes one. What is your counterexample in which a government-less society flourished?
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