I'm on board with the assessment that government and government agencies have some truly brilliant, dedicated people working in them. However, some - maybe mos

I'm on board with the assessment that government and government agencies have some truly brilliant, dedicated people working in them. However, some - maybe most - of those people work all day long to impede the effectiveness of others. And that's in the best governments. I agree that we shouldn't assume that government workers are hacks. But I think you can fairly label almost any government "stupid," when you consider how it behaves as an entity, regardless of the mixture of the people that act as its cells.