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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 4410124" data-attributes="member: 18225">Great, I hope it yields results.Maybe one good result out of this clusterfk is that we can weed out some truly useless regulations that stand in the way of the National Government being able to mobilize in times of crisis.Our Federal system seems to be holding up well...State Governors are doing their job, and Local control is holding.To the extent that the National Government is failing, I see that as a bloated bureaucracy that’s spent too much time enriching itself.This is one of the few times where an appropriate National Government response is called for, and, they’re kind of screwing it up.So, cut the chaff, learn from this experience and instantiate appropriate mechanisms where we can quickly mobilize resources in times like these.Other countries (way more Authoritarian) than ours have a solid and deep bench of Civil Servants.It’s not clear to me why America can’t engender that sense of National readiness.Everyone talks <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> about how America is the best, but this experience we’re going through shows that we’re not.Rant over, I just wish the ‘Wild West’ ethos of American Individualism had just a dash more togetherness in it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 4410124, member: 18225"] Great, I hope it yields results. Maybe one good result out of this clusterfk is that we can weed out some truly useless regulations that stand in the way of the National Government being able to mobilize in times of crisis. Our Federal system seems to be holding up well...State Governors are doing their job, and Local control is holding. To the extent that the National Government is failing, I see that as a bloated bureaucracy that’s spent too much time enriching itself. This is one of the few times where an appropriate National Government response is called for, and, they’re kind of screwing it up. So, cut the chaff, learn from this experience and instantiate appropriate mechanisms where we can quickly mobilize resources in times like these. Other countries (way more Authoritarian) than ours have a solid and deep bench of Civil Servants. It’s not clear to me why America can’t engender that sense of National readiness. Everyone talks :censored: about how America is the best, but this experience we’re going through shows that we’re not. Rant over, I just wish the ‘Wild West’ ethos of American Individualism had just a dash more togetherness in it. [/QUOTE]

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