But if they were, they would never have become what they are in the first place, including the good things.
States are neither good at innovation nor dynamism.
But they are very good at telling you what you should and should not do.
The latter part has some wonderful consequences for consumer or worker protections, but it has some terrible ones for creating new stuff or improving the old.
> But if they were, they would never have become what they are in the first place, including the good things.
Does the good outweigh the bad?
Perhaps in the beginning. Today? Definitely not.