> The U.S. has too, but it's been more chaotic, inconsistent, and (predictably) much more corrupted by politics. There are many reasons for this, but in any eve

> The U.S. has too, but it's been more chaotic, inconsistent, and (predictably) much more corrupted by politics. There are many reasons for this, but in any event there's no reason to think that Americans can do centralized bureaucracy any better than we do now. Agreed. Hence my original "because the US is crazy".