Every person's development is valued. On the other hand, personal growth does not conjure images of us bulking up, expanding our egos, our heads swelling, or becoming gigantic. Instead, we picture progress where we enhance and improve when we call upon personal growth. Using the metaphor that we are becoming more authentic versions of ourselves, we claim that there are more people in the world. But it's usually not what we're hoping for when we see a good friend or family member's image flourishing today and then see that same image flourish even more in 10 years. The more there are, the more likely there will be too many parts that no one enjoys. We could pick more of the top ones, which takes us full circle to the concept of development and improvement. Without becoming a gigantic vanity or a self-important large persona, we aim to become better versions of ourselves in the same space we are currently in.
On the other hand, the very word governmental growth conjures images of a bloated, overweight, encroaching government that eventually takes over the entire region. Generally speaking, we need to picture the federal government becoming better or improving. Put another way, it accomplishes more, finds new points, or completes better points. We want the government to progress, become more authentic, and accomplish its goals with fewer resources while being even more fair and creating new benefits. Is that something we've seen before? Many governments throughout the globe are copying the contemptuous huge government playbook, whereby more bureaucracy means less action, more layers mean less action, and more prohibitions mean less innovation.
When seen holistically, governments—social institutions funded by taxes—show indications of development and change. Evaluate the similarities and differences between two similarly shaped governments from the past and present. Let's pretend that the federal government of the United States's little town of Springfield is involved. What technology can do now is astronomically more sophisticated than a century before. Due to the fact that society has grown more complicated, the level of complexity in governance has also increased. The number of fatalities and injuries caused by dwellings has decreased because of stringent building rules that ensure everyone's Safety. Safety is generally improved despite being increasingly exposed to high-powered machines (e.g., vehicles, trucks, tractors, elevators, etc.).
In most cases, laws play a role in extending our lives significantly. There is a broader range of services and opportunities available to us now. All this progress toward a better society has, according to libertarians, been made possible by the government meddling in areas where it had no business before, such as the regulation of food, clothing, farming practices, and so on. People see this government oversight as stifling their freedom. The libertarian argument goes like this: when government involvement increases, it has grown from tiny to large, while our freedom has shrunk. On rare occasions, that holds water. Yet this is only sometimes the case.
If societal and governmental efforts can extend human life expectancy, the additional years will grant us previously unavailable liberties. If they successfully reduce unfairness, the level playing fields they create will grant us additional liberties. Problems with implementing new regulations are often warranted.
We aim for government to evolve in a manner reminiscent of personal development. We would prefer it not to become overweight from simple, sugary laws, heavy from spontaneous, reactive legislation, and brainless from fear-based expansion, such as the militarization of police duties and administrative creep. In its place, we hope the federal government expands its responsibilities to include handling new problems, automating processes that can be automated, implementing more open administration to individuals, reducing corruption to an absolute minimum, and improving its performance even more.
We should limit the response that seeks to improve government by reducing it. To suggest that someone should shrink in order to grow is to make the same suggestion. To improve, do less of whatever you are doing. That sounds like an odd statement to make. Some parts of government can balloon out of control, and there should be mechanisms to deal with this problem. Still, growth in the greatest ways to learn can include enlarging. We shall thus not stop the progress of governance. We plan to develop it differently.
For example, in terms of personal development, improving government is complex. Still, the state's growth is reasonable, much like human development.
