Years earlier, she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror.
I’m not going to say you’re wrong, exactly. I can’t prove that. I don’t know if there’s any actual data comparing the two models, and I’m guessing you know the same history I do when it comes to the gritty days of trusts before the multinational.
You have to see how that argument can apply to systems of government, though. It’s out of fashion to want a “benevolent dictator”, but that’s the exact kind of thing people hoped for from Louis XIV or Mussolini. Cut through the bureaucracy, stop shifting responsibility around, give help directly where it’s needed.