Landing a man on the moon is not a problem that increases in complexity with population size, taxation is. "Things like this" are exactly where "but they're sma

Landing a man on the moon is not a problem that increases in complexity with population size, taxation is. "Things like this" are exactly where "but they're small" is a perfectly legitimate response. To say "oh just scale the operation" ignores the fact that scaling is just about one of the hardest problems we face in human organisations.