Make Our Lives Better

One reason I write about "urban" issues is that they're at the scale where it's easier to see how policy - good and bad - interact with daily lives. At that scale people also disagree about stuff and money corrupts, but it's easier to get a grasp on how you can't just wish government away. Zoning and land use decisions, transportation policies, and even things like noise/nuisance regulations all impact our daily lives in a big way. It isn't that the heavy hand of government is always good, it's more that civilization as we know it can't exist without it. When they build the libertarian paradise, they won't call their governing authority a "government" but they'll have one nonetheless.