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> We are not Switzerland, we are a dysfunctional, corrupt, patchwork of local governments that doesn't really understand much of anything when it comes to infra
by Fiahil 5y ago
> We are not Switzerland, we are a dysfunctional, corrupt, patchwork of local governments that doesn't really understand much of anything when it comes to infrastructure or efficient government.
Not so fast! It's easy to blame your government for all the things broken in your region, but they really are a mirror of your society.
Switzerland has a nice rail system despite being located on the highest mountain chain in Europe, because their people don't turn on each other's at the first occasion. They don't even speak the same language in half of the country ! Yet, the rails don't stop between cantons.
If you want a functioning government and infrastructure, start by changing your individualistic culture, start trusting one another (by not wearing guns, for example), stop thinking you're the best at everything and keep being a place that inspires the rest of the world. You used to be a great country, spearheaded technologies, cured diseases and acted as a role model. Today, it's not the case anymore. Recognize that and you will be able to fix something.
- School-Cotton 5y agoThe handful of random people you’re talking to on hacker news have zero hope of changing the culture of 300 million people. It’s also a safe bet that, for example, nobody reading this wears a gun regularly. If it were that simple, no country would have any problems, and everywhere would look like Wakanda.
- skinnymuch 5y ago> wearing guns I think I have seen this once in my life living in the US since birth. It was a super disturbing weird thing for me. It seems like you’re going off a bunch of tropes and seeing the US as homogenous.