- who gets to judge what is or is not a social ill? For example cigarettes bad, marijuana good? these are merely the whims of a fickle mob mentality. witch trials and mass paranoia are now canonized
- bureaucratic inertial. governments are big. big and really inefficient. when you put so much of your existence in the hands of a government, you'll then demand so much more from it too. when it gets so big to be ungovernable, even if everyone agrees on what's right to do it becomes impossible. US VA administration and the tar pits of ancient la brea.
- the above two issues presume a vast majority involved are honest brokers. but that historically appears to be not at all the case. with such centralized power, the thirst of the dark personalities is inescapable. so the facade may be painted legitimate, but very quickly the actual power will become very, very dark.
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to me, the issues come from a couple places:
- who gets to judge what is or is not a social ill? For example cigarettes bad, marijuana good? these are merely the whims of a fickle mob mentality. witch trials and mass paranoia are now canonized
- bureaucratic inertial. governments are big. big and really inefficient. when you put so much of your existence in the hands of a government, you'll then demand so much more from it too. when it gets so big to be ungovernable, even if everyone agrees on what's right to do it becomes impossible. US VA administration and the tar pits of ancient la brea.
- the above two issues presume a vast majority involved are honest brokers. but that historically appears to be not at all the case. with such centralized power, the thirst of the dark personalities is inescapable. so the facade may be painted legitimate, but very quickly the actual power will become very, very dark.