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    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      I was noting that the failure of the disaster response seems to be due to local government officials failing in their job.

      What is the responsibility of a larger government entity for the governance of cities?

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                • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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                  I wasn't giving you a tough independent American rhetoric, I was explaining how American government works and you took it as something else.

                  Federalism is baked into how the USA governs itself. I can't explain disaster response without noting who the lead government agency is.

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      • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
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        It's the responsibility of the larger government entity to step in in some cases. Like in the cases of natural (or semi-natural) disasters or if the local governance shits the bed to the extent that people are dying. We're not dealing with free imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire here, cities aren't sovereign entities they're administrative regions for the government.

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          But how long does it take to figure that out? A few days?

          This isn't the Holy Roman Empire, but the bureaucracy isn't as fast as people think it is and the initial response is still expected to be lead by the state. By the time it becomes apparent the federal government should step in, the response has already failed.