*than BritGov
4 /4 (the Texas Nation Guard vs US Army in Operation Jade Helm 15.) I reckon a federal system, of itself, may be a choke point but I may be thinking of a non-US example.
I'm thinking more of the long British experiment of devolution of power to non-governmental organizations with expansive purviews, something which Krugman brought up himself a generation ago. the funding or lack thereof to said organizations is only one type of chokehold.