“There ought to be some feedback loop that forces the public sector to improve itself.”
There is. We live in a democracy. Work to elect better and more accountable officials. If none exist, consider running yourself.
There is. We live in a democracy. Work to elect better and more accountable officials. If none exist, consider running yourself.
Setting expectations of "don't like it? Well quit your job, give up 12 mo of your life to campaign and fix it yourself!" is not healthy for our society.
I have tried in the past as well. Political apathy is a very real, very dangerous vulnerability in our system of government, and is being exploited all the time.
The word "we" is pulling a lot of weight in that statement. All politics suffers a free rider problem. We'll fix it if we fix it, sure, but I don't have to be part of that.
But this is by design since policy affects all.
Direct action matters, and to dismiss it as "not my responsibility" is shirking the entire point of democracy.
Government was created by man. It's a good idea that where we can improve them mechanically, we should strive to do so. Same as is done for everything else created by man.