The distinction that I see is that the US is perhaps not individually risk averse, but is systemically accountability averse. There is no end to the inefficienc

The distinction that I see is that the US is perhaps not individually risk averse, but is systemically accountability averse. There is no end to the inefficiencies that can be introduced by constant ass-covering and compulsive subdivision of responsibility to the point that no one human is accountable for anything of note.