Entropy on Nostr: It's easy to forget that all the government is, is a collection of people. People who ...

It's easy to forget that all the government is, is a collection of people.

People who follow their incentives. Except it's distorted because their performance doesn't matter, but the perception of their performance matters very much.

So they turn into parasites who get paid and have job security for a song and dance routine that doesn't solve any problems and actively worsens the situation in the long run.

They work for the elites in the sense that the elites know how to leverage wealth and power to play on the incentives of bureaucrats and elected officials.

Most of them are not on Dr. Evil's payroll, they are just working for themselves to keep the grift going for as long as possible.