Startup countries are a great idea. Old governments are patched and repatched to meet each new wave of lobbyists. Th key is not starting over but establishing

Startup countries are a great idea. Old governments are patched and repatched to meet each new wave of lobbyists. Th key is not starting over but establishing mechanisms that require governments to compete and that enable customers to walk away if they aren't happy. The US started out with 50 competitive states whose overall security was protected by a tiny federal government that did little more than manage the border and the currency. The states did everything else. If you dislike your state, you just move to another one. WE need MORE of that. We need SMALLER states with more intense competition. The naysayers will tell you its a crazy patchwork quilt. They want one set of rules, presumably for all human beings ultimately with no innovation or competition. The dream of all statists. They trumpet diversity in biology, but scorn it in human life.