I mean, there is a pretty big differences in how a lawyer run society tends to solve social issues and how an engineer run society tries to solve issues. In my country, most of our parliament is lawyers, and they try to solve every issue with either more detailed legislation (a favourite of theirs, just after complaining that legislation has gone too far and needs to be cut back) or with more/heavier enforcement. From what I can read about other countries dominated by lawyers and libs, they tend to see things the same way. In China, the people that run the country tend to have a lot of engineering education / experience, so they usually try to avoid using cops / legislation to solve social issues, and instead try to nudge people through infrastructure instead. From what i can see in videos, China seems to have taken a smarter approach to traffic and congestion than most western countries.
Ultimately you need both. You need to have simple, clear policies and open and fair enforcement of those policies (Say what you are going to do and do what you said you were going to do), and then also invest in the physical infrastructure to accommodate those policies.
This has been a thing in well-run manufacturing plants for years. The key is to change the ownership structure and eliminate the ideas of infinite growth and rising profits.
I mean, there is a pretty big differences in how a lawyer run society tends to solve social issues and how an engineer run society tries to solve issues. In my country, most of our parliament is lawyers, and they try to solve every issue with either more detailed legislation (a favourite of theirs, just after complaining that legislation has gone too far and needs to be cut back) or with more/heavier enforcement. From what I can read about other countries dominated by lawyers and libs, they tend to see things the same way. In China, the people that run the country tend to have a lot of engineering education / experience, so they usually try to avoid using cops / legislation to solve social issues, and instead try to nudge people through infrastructure instead. From what i can see in videos, China seems to have taken a smarter approach to traffic and congestion than most western countries.
Ultimately you need both. You need to have simple, clear policies and open and fair enforcement of those policies (Say what you are going to do and do what you said you were going to do), and then also invest in the physical infrastructure to accommodate those policies.
This has been a thing in well-run manufacturing plants for years. The key is to change the ownership structure and eliminate the ideas of infinite growth and rising profits.