Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.
– Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer (and Grok comes from his book “Stranger in a Strange Land“)
How prescient he was – to see his words coming to life right in front of us…