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hunvreuslast Thursday at 11:47 AM4 repliesview on HN

What you're describing is very similar to what most large enterprise companies do: layers upon layers of red tape and convoluted regulations for the sake of "security."

This is a big reason they can’t get anything done or retain talent.

Government is no different.

European democracies have been dying from the same sclerosis their legacy multinationals have.

The US is going through actual change. The outrage over things not being done as they always have is nonsensical.


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Vilianlast Thursday at 12:27 PM

It's not euro democracies that look like they are dying, comparing government to companies, yeah, iro ic that is USA that forgot the meaning of the word democracy

javcasaslast Thursday at 11:52 AM

Have you heard about Chesterton's fence?

computerthingslast Thursday at 11:57 AM

Apart from government being very different from private business indeed; I wouldn't want to eat food, drive a vehicle, or use software made by a company made with that mindset. "Safety first" is also a hard rule in all sorts of sports where people move faster than non-expert spectators can fully comprehend. If you need to cut corners to "gain efficiency" it just means you're bad.

scarab92last Thursday at 11:51 AM

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