It's possible that both blue and red states are incompetent at managing vital infrastructure

This does not seem to be true, at least when it comes to the power grid. Red states dominate the list of worst-run grids[1].

1. https://www.mroelectric.com/blog/most-least-power-outages/

I live about an hour from San Francisco and my power goes out about once a quarter for several hours. It's not the end of the world, but twice in the last year it happened while I was making dinner. A weird feeling to realize I can't even make food without the governments help.

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