"Washington has had a difficult time performing the basic tasks of governance in recent years, and I think this culminated, probably, in September or October of 2013, when the government shut down," he said.
However, I do not wish the Prince, or, if you prefer, the state, to invoke any faith in order to accomplish its tasks of governance.
The failure of the U.S. to be able to perform some of the most basic tasks of governance was not likely to escape the notice of American allies, rivals and enemies.
Soon after Sirleaf's election, philanthropist Ed Scott created the Scott Fellowship program, which places young professionals in Liberia's ministries for one-year stints to work alongside mid-level officials in carrying out day to day tasks of governance.
"One person-one vote" style democracy may have been up to the tasks of governance in an agrarian age, perhaps even in an industrial age, but it is no match for the intricacies and perils of hi-tech, knowledge-based societies.
Mr Bell believes that the party's emphasis has shifted to "the task of good governance led by able and virtuous political leaders".
But there's enough attention and concern over this problem that I think they'll work out the short term problem (block size) and begin work on the even more difficult long term task of distributed governance without empowering a central authority.
Hence, the emphasis has shifted to the task of good governance led by able and virtuous political leaders, and the selection and promotion mechanisms of the CCP have become more meritocratic.
If that can be turned toward the task of good governance, all Californians will be empowered to get back to the future with the government we all want and deserve.
If he was right, then in the next decade, with the minimum of risk and in a controlled way, China can face the tasks of huge governance and modernize and update its political model.
