If we can do it for the law and order I think we can do it for information.

I'm not saying we can't do it, I'm saying I don't see what it improves.

And just to mention, we also have problems in our society with the centralization and expanding powers of law and order in our government. Maybe that isn't the best example of "we centralized that, and now everything is OK!".

I also suggested pushing more power down to the local state and and city councils. Less concentration.

I didn't have it in my list above, but one thing capitalism did get right is that humans are self interested and motivated by competition. We need some of that competition in our public services so that the individuals who run them can be rewarded for doing a god job (whatever that might mean.)