The problem here is a human one, not a governmental one. The government is just doing what humans tend to do: consolidate and protect power.
The fact that this doesn’t serve anyone (other than their) interest is really just a side effect of the underlying cause.
We should champion this issue and we should fight to keep this kind of thing from happening. But the deeper issue here is one of human nature. How do we build a system that guards against ourselves? 50 years ago I would’ve pointed to our own government as an example, but I’m becoming less and less sure.
Not sure why this is downvoted but it’s factually correct. Organizations consolidate power and try and hold onto it. You can even see it in a big corporation where groups will get territorial and actively try and sabotage other groups even though they work for the same company.
That’s why functional democracies are a patchwork of rules that try and prevent such consolidation.
The fact that this doesn’t serve anyone (other than their) interest is really just a side effect of the underlying cause.
We should champion this issue and we should fight to keep this kind of thing from happening. But the deeper issue here is one of human nature. How do we build a system that guards against ourselves? 50 years ago I would’ve pointed to our own government as an example, but I’m becoming less and less sure.