From a classical liberal perspective, Switzerland's governance seems utopian. Low taxes, good services even for low income people despite the low taxes, very decentralized government, and it really does seem true that "no one bothers to know who the president is".

My big question: what's the catch?

I wonder if certain swiss cultural norms make some systems positive sum, while they would be zero sum or negative sum with different norms

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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The "downsides" of Swiss government are - no new startups or tech, very high absolute costs of living relative to neighbors