&quot; because the central planning committee gets every specific thing they want but what they want is not the same as what is good for the country&quot;<p>Say what?  Look at all the centrally planned shit in the laws of the USA, the idea that the USA is decentralized is a load of bollocks.<p>The whole point of the US government is to protect and expand monopoly power, aka centralization.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Copyright_term.svg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#&#x2F;...</a>