This is a perfect example of why we can't have nice things: better energy systems, better laws, better public services, better social policy, better schools, re

This is a perfect example of why we can't have nice things: better energy systems, better laws, better public services, better social policy, better schools, regulations that are both simpler and more effective... Everything has a vested interest behind it, and those vested interests are a bit like ticks. They burrow in, suck, and they're damn hard to pick out. They go by many names: special interest groups, contractors, corporations, political action committees, government alphabet agencies with funding tied to pet mandates, public sector unions, and politicians who only care about getting re-elected. Some play the left side of the political divide, some play the right, and some play both and don't care. They're all just parasites. Unions and contractors are sort of the yin-yang of the whole thing. I recall reading about the California marijuana legalization proposal... the major opponents were being backed by the private prison industry and police unions. Sometimes I think our society needs some sort of jubilee: fire everyone, dissolve every corporation, cancel every debt, end every politicians' term, and start over. Otherwise complexity and special interests just accumulate until we collapse from sclerosis and corruption. We're already teetering...