What is the Role of Government in a Society with Many Clientric Businesses?
Americans dont really have much choice about the kind of government they get. The political debate rages over more or less bureaucracy, more or less centralized government – but not over the kind of government itself. Government in America has grown from a seed to a great tree, in an ad hoc manner that creates and situates government when and where we want it. Thirteen states formed the nation, and local municipalities, in most cases, formed the states. A neighborhood forms a water district, a municipality, a school district. Over 600,000 elective offices govern this country. Most countries, with only a handful of exceptions, owe their government structures to emperors, kings and princes. That makes American government structure unique and so autonomous that reform is questionable. American government is already somewhat clientric in structure, just like many businesses that mistakenly characterize themselves as industrial (banks and utilities) but are really clientric. Our governments
