The parts of the US that HN likes to characterize as "developed" and "forward looking are the worst of both worlds. You do a million step bullshit process to g

The parts of the US that HN likes to characterize as "developed" and "forward looking are the worst of both worlds. You do a million step bullshit process to get government permission to do a thing and then if it goes wrong you still get sued. And then the government exercises their discretion to screw you after the fact. The paces in the US that HN characterizes as backwards still for the most part do "seems reasonable, have fun" based permitting.