not a soapbox

I should have come up with a word that has fewer associations than "administration." You just want to start with the problem, which is that we have various functions that have to be performed "by society" so that people can live in reasonable comfort and security. Of course the details of these functions vary from culture to culture, neighborhood to neighborhood, and so on down to the individual. When I'm home alone, the television can stop functioning for weeks and I won't even know. If ...