> Fyi, England used to effectively do what you suggest pre ~1700. It didn't work out well from a justice, education or infrastructure angle until the state got

> Fyi, England used to effectively do what you suggest pre ~1700. It didn't work out well from a justice, education or infrastructure angle until the state got involved. Same can be said about health care, at least in countries that (unlike Post-Thatcher UK) don't actively try to ruin their public health system.