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Imagine we lived in a culture that did not believe "government is always bad at everything". Government could then pay Google-level salaries and provide Google-
by bosswipe 6y ago
Imagine we lived in a culture that did not believe "government is always bad at everything". Government could then pay Google-level salaries and provide Google-level resources to the top minds in the world and give them free rein to tackle problems like this. It's worked in the past, such as Manhattan project or moon landing. But I don't think it's doable nowadays because of the anti-government political culture. Even when government is fully funding things these days the work has to be farmed out to private interests.
- e_y_ 6y agoIt'll take more than just belief in the government. We'd need people to actually care about making government better. Most people just show up to vote once every 4 years (or less) and make their decision based on the party affiliation or the wedge issue du jour, and the rest of the time pretty much ignore what's going on or don't have the power to do anything about it, which gives a lot of leeway for special interests to slide things in under the radar.