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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by mellavora on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:29AM (#28365232)
There actually have been efficient governments. I'll leave aside the terrible efficiencies of some government atrocities, and instead look at when public works were seen as noble.

Post offices were amazing when we funded and respected them. - Pneumatic posts, https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/06/08/us-post-off...

-"In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville celebrated the American postal system as a marvel of its day"

Or even back to Cyrus the Great's "pony express" message delivery system, circa 6th century BC

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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by WalterBright on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:55AM (#28365440)
Just because the government commits atrocities doesn't mean they were efficient at it. Nor does "amazing" mean efficient, either. The USPS was inefficient enough that Congress had to make it illegal to compete with them.

I doubt you can make an efficiency assessment of something in the 6th century BC. But if you have to go back that far to find an efficient government operation, you've made my point!

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