"it combines an insistence on gatekeepers with a total lack of interest over whether they actually gatekeep." This is more of less true of many laws and regula

"it combines an insistence on gatekeepers with a total lack of interest over whether they actually gatekeep." This is more of less true of many laws and regulations requiring some sort of permit. I had to get an electrical permit for some simple work. I had to pay a permit fee and the inspector would come out to check it. Of course it's rubber stamp approved by the secretary who has no knowledge of electrical work. Then the inspector came out and had no knowledge of electrical work (he didn't even know what questions to ask). All they cared about was the fee. I could have run 30 amps with 14ga wire and they wouldn't have caught it.