When Did We Become Like This?! 0 19

Guntars Vitols, advisor to the Minister of Finance, suddenly finding himself in the government system, came to sad conclusions, which he shared on the social network X: "We have built an absurdly complex and heavy system in Latvia. As if we have not one district in New York, like Manhattan, Brooklyn, or the Bronx, but hundreds of millions of residents.

Competitions, evaluations, papers, and super papers; one cannot even appoint a single official without discussions and outcries. The entire Saeima must vote. 14 ministries, each with its own garden of money management and a powerful choir of lamentation to protect it and scream every time someone touches it.

Everywhere, at any level, far from just at the very top. 'And at the local level.' There is the same choir of lamentation. In any small cell, there is a gathering.

I have a question as a non-specialist. When (in which century) did the Latvian become like this?"