When the federal government was created, the US had about 4m inhabitants and only 13 states, across a significantly smaller area. It didn't have electricity, te

When the federal government was created, the US had about 4m inhabitants and only 13 states, across a significantly smaller area. It didn't have electricity, telephones, the Internet, or modern plumbing. Healthcare didn't exist, labor safety laws didn't exist, food safety didn't exist, the FDA didn't exist. Women couldn't vote. Complex systems evolve to adapt, gaining new subsystems to handle the new requirements. There have been a lot of new requirements since 1789.