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Re:In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis of unparalleled s... by tootie on Saturday September 03, 2022 @04:35PM (#32705821)
No, it's sample bias. You only notice when institutions fail. You don't notice the thousands of bureaucratic processes that work exactly how they're supposed to.
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Re:In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis of unparalleled s... by marginalia_nu on Saturday September 03, 2022 @04:47PM (#32705923)
Institutions and infrastructure aren't supposed to fail at all in a functioning society. The fact that some of the institutions that are failing is still extremely alarming.
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Re:In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis of unparalleled s... by daemoens on Saturday September 03, 2022 @08:10PM (#32708004)
The water infrastructure of a single city failing doesn't say much about the whole city. Life seems to be chugging along everywhere else. Stay off the doomerism and appreciate what we have.
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Re:In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis of unparalleled s... by tootie on Saturday September 03, 2022 @09:25PM (#32708713)
Every human endeavor is 100% guaranteed to fail at some point. By your definition there are zero function governments anywhere in the world.
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