Groups

 Saw an article today about a sex scandal in the Anglican Church of North America and there is the ongoing scandal in the Catholic Church. Then there are various lobbying groups and corporations. Why do people feel they need to be in groups? I'm retired now and just volunteer, but don't feel any loyalty to any any organization. When I was working, I had jobs to pay the bills, but didn't have any loyalty to the company or any educational institutions. I didn't get high up anywhere, but my integrity is intact. Institutions over time, tend to lose sight of their customers and just care about keeping the institution going.

About the only thing people need to come together on is building bridges or going to outer space. SpaceX has proven free enterprise can do better than NASA on space. 

As for as bridges: they want to spend billions on building a new I-5 bridge between Oregon and Washington. But who needs it but trucking traffic. People like going across in cars but should the taxpayer pay for that? And trucking companies should pay for any bridge or they can start a truck ferry and companies can start car and passenger ferries.

I was once on a Coast Guard icebreaker that kept the Great Lakes shipping lanes open on winter for the shipping companies. Why is the taxpayer paying for that? Why don't the shipping companies pool their money to run an icebreaker?

I don't mind being in with people but people in groups get weird and take on bad tendencies keeping a group going when it no longer serves any redeeming social value.