"The Trap is a series of three films by Bafta-winning producer Adam Curtis that explains the origins of our contemporary, narrow idea of freedom. It shows how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom. This model was derived from ideas and techniques developed by nuclear strategists during the Cold War to control the behaviour of the Soviet enemy."
Because they are bureaucracies without incentive to do well
In fact, if you as an individual try to do well in a government environment you will make everyone angry at you for a host of reasons
Ah - I see by the end of part one that this series is going to agree with me, ok, on to part 2!