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Like a complex computer and software system, government needs to be refactored. Besides revolution, I don't know how to force that refactoring.
by crusso 13y ago
Like a complex computer and software system, government needs to be refactored.
Besides revolution, I don't know how to force that refactoring.
- dllthomas 13y agoI think what we need most is testing. Currently, the system looks like this: A bunch of salespeople (legislators), chosen mostly for the feature changes they say they want to make (or prevent) sit down in a room and negotiate. Developers (staffers), chosen by those salespeople, turn it into code - which, after some audit (but no testing) is pushed straight into production. It is then patched in the field by QA & tech support (judges and lawyers) - those patches never make it back into the source. Also, revolution isn't refactoring - it's starting a complete rewrite after you turn off your production system, and is usually every bit as bad an idea as you'd expect.
- rayiner 13y agoI love the software analogy, because it puts people who think we need revolution in the same camp as people who think Microsoft should rewrite Windows.
- crusso 13y agoWow, if only that analogy were appropriate. If you're unhappy with your government, just install Linux over it or get a Mac. On top of that, Microsoft rewrites Windows all the time. Their customers follow them from one release to the next because they do so.