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The answer is localization and allowing people to make choices for themselves rather than those choices being made by some huge monolithic uncaring entity.
The very enlightened self-interest which you [seem to] champion brought us government as we know it today. Simply because nothing else could have (unless you believe in something external and separate from mankind, like God, Satan, or Princess Twilight Sparkle). A truism, but worth repeating.
No one sets out to build a skyscraper thinking "I'll build shitloads of stairs, hallways, lobbies, fire exits, elevators, escalators, doors, security stations, fire suppression apparatus, HVAC, etc., etc." But without those things, buildings bigger than a shack are useless. That's why all the mentioned stuff is made--not because some architect had a fetish for wasting space, time and money. And saying that your shotgun shack does just fine without an elevator, hallways, or stairways is not an argument to their uselessness. It's also not an argument for getting rid of skyscrapers and replacing them with shotgun shacks "because then you don't need to build elevators."
When one person messes up, it affects a few. When Government messes up, if affects millions.
Huh?
