I agree that a smaller municipality would be more successful, but not because they are smaller.
The municipality is a more concentrated interest, and more motivated to deliver on a solution that works for their constituents.
Compare that to the federal government needing to execute a national “Interstate Highway for broadband” mega-project. The federal government can and has executed these kinds of projects, but it needs to consider different things than the municipalities.
Extending the highway metaphor, a smaller municipality can pave local roads just as quickly as the federal government can build highways.
Efficiency is not a perfect function of government size.
It's a false equivalence to compare working in a company to have the same scaling problems as implementing policies to set up broadband infrastructure.
I'm studying part-time to complete a BA in political science while working full-time as a software developer. I love learning the subject, but the workload can be tough. Happy to hear it's not just me.
Today, the Panama Canal is owned and operated by the government of Panama.
> The US first built Panama, and then built the canal.
We can concede that the US played the most significant role in the construction of the canal and applying pressure for Panamanian secession from Colombia, but Panama’s national identify predates the United States.
I love the USA too, but please chill with the rhetoric.
> If Chrome wants to make itself less attractive, you should celebrate.
I appreciate that Chrome reducing user autonomy in order to further Google's own business goals _should_ be a reduction in their competitiveness in a perfect market.
But the web browser market does not have perfect competition today, and I cannot recall a time when it had.
Regulators preventing Apple from controlling iOS browser engines but allowing Google to have de facto ownership of the web would be an example of governments picking winners and losers.
Public policy needs to move the market towards real competition.
Love it or not (mostly not), shipping software in large organizations requires navigating what the business and its leaders demand. You can try while ignoring leaders, but you'd be unlikely to ship anything.
You'd be in good company.
In my experience, there are plenty of people at BigCos who are more interested in covering their ass to ship nothing or the wrong things.
The municipality is a more concentrated interest, and more motivated to deliver on a solution that works for their constituents.
Compare that to the federal government needing to execute a national “Interstate Highway for broadband” mega-project. The federal government can and has executed these kinds of projects, but it needs to consider different things than the municipalities.
Extending the highway metaphor, a smaller municipality can pave local roads just as quickly as the federal government can build highways.
Efficiency is not a perfect function of government size.