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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:40PM (#30536038)
Central vs distributed government. Which do you think works better?
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by makeitdouble on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @09:35PM (#30536438)
A mixture of both is the usual approach I think.

A central government delegating most of the day to day management of citizen's environment to local, highly autonomous entities is a common pattern.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by Clubber on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:13PM (#30536696)
Central allows the majority to rule the minority. Distributed allows the majority to rule the minority but also allows groups to move to a jurisdiction where they can be the majority, or at least have a more friendly government while central does not.

Central is certainly easier for the rulers though and they have much more power and resources.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by fennecfoxen on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:04PM (#30536635)
Federalism!
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by pigeons on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:42PM (#30537242)
Depends which tradeoffs you are comfortable with and which aspects affect one's individual definition of "better".
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