How did government go from being the solution to society’s ills to being the cause of its problems?

 

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— mozu (@mozumozumozu) September 21, 2021

 How did government go from being the solution to society’s ills to being the cause of its problems? 

many liberals also grew disillusioned with the government’s unchecked bureaucratic power. The postwar liberal faith in government crashed against the realities of how that government was working, its excessively close ties with industry, and what it was doing to the American people and to the land itself.

He also shared the view that federal regulation had resulted in cartel-like control of major industries, including the airline sector, telecommunications, and trucking, and he supported the breakup of those arrangements. “Many regulatory agencies,” Carter said bluntly in 1980, “protect monopolies.” 

Reagan and other market-oriented conservatives sought to liberate the private sector from regulation. Reagan acted to undermine, rather than invigorate, federal oversight

By primarily playing the role of uncompromising outside critic, the public-interest movement neglected to build support for government in a way that could facilitate policy making in a politically divided nation or that could support internal reforms that might improve government operations.

　　　We need to reinvigorate the government and also continue fighting to improve it and hold it accountable.

　政府はそもそも社会・経済問題解決のためにあるものと思われていたのに、レーガンに至って、政府がむしろ問題を作っている、と。

　戦後、政府と企業が協力して社会経済を発展させてきたんだけど、同時に政府と企業が癒着して環境問題、安全問題など社会問題、環境問題が生じた。リベラルは社会活動や司法活動を通じて政府を批判していった。それでも規制する側の官僚と規制される企業が癒着して企業が互いの競争を避けて、利益増大を図るカルテル風土を形成するようになっていった。そこで、レーガンが出てきて政府による解決を放棄、小さな政府を目指すようになった、と。

　リベラルは外から批判ばかりして政府を通じた改革案を実現するように政府を支持することを怠っていまに至っているが、それじゃだめだ、と。政府を活性化し、改革して責任を取らせていくようにしなくては、と。 

ーーーー強いていうと批判はいいんだけど政府を通じた政策実現策を提示ができていない日本の野党も似たところはある。