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@davidfrum It sure is nice when the state works & isn’t crippled by Randian ideologues. In S Korea anyone who wants a corona test really can get one, in ur car, in about 20 mins. And the BMV is nice, you don’t need a CPA to pay your taxes, subways are timely & cheap,intercity rail superb...
@davidfrum I often wonder how if Americans know this. The gov’t doesn’t have to be awful. Public services don’t have to complicated & sluggish. The US could have nicer airports, bridges & urban busing, & lots more, easier e-government.This is an important lesson I’ve learned living abroad/2
@davidfrum The GOP’s anti-statism is somewhat a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you don’t fund infrastructure, airports suck. If you don’t fund the IRS, you wait on hold two hours and have to hire a third party. It doesn’t have to be this way. America has chosen to have a state no one likes /3
@davidfrum For more on this idea of the US state failing - and that it need not be this way, but instead, is a choice we made - try this by George Packer: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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