Re:Culture eats policyiculty of gov software procurement
by denton-scratch on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:55AM
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> Top-down control of a country doesn't work.
Agreed. But:
> Any problem solving after that should be on us, as citizens and using private means, not government fiat.
That's just a libertarian ideological trope, and doesn't follow from the premise. Another way of avoiding top-down control is to devolve decision-making; to have a truly multi-polar government, where those exercising subsidiary powers can't be bullied (or sacked) by those at the centre.
In the UK, for example, it has become fashionable for an incoming government to try to rebuild the Civil Service in its own image. C.f. Truss firing Scholar, head of the Treasury, as her first act.
Agreed. But:
> Any problem solving after that should be on us, as citizens and using private means, not government fiat.
That's just a libertarian ideological trope, and doesn't follow from the premise. Another way of avoiding top-down control is to devolve decision-making; to have a truly multi-polar government, where those exercising subsidiary powers can't be bullied (or sacked) by those at the centre.
In the UK, for example, it has become fashionable for an incoming government to try to rebuild the Civil Service in its own image. C.f. Truss firing Scholar, head of the Treasury, as her first act.