An Odd Thought On Competitive Governance

On Sunday I wonder if a wealthy eccentric couldn't simply set up a court and start establishing some sort of reputation at good governance. Initially, it would almost have to be charity cases, so he'd have to be rich enough and crazy enough to spend a good bit of money solving other people's problems before he ever saw any sort of return on his investment.

But the genuinely impoverished seem to ask for easily afforded things. How wealthy one would actually have to be is an open question. Perhaps this would be a good use of an L3C, since one could not particularly expect any sort of profit for a good while, but one certainly would want to be ready if someone wanted to contribute or if wealthier people found the reputation of the court to be such that they'd be willing to pay. A segue from granting boons into judging cases (though one would want to keep granting boons too).

Would the parasites infesting the ruins of American government even notice? So outre to the impersonal bureaucrat would this be- could they even see it as a form of governance? Perhaps the harmless wealthy eccentric persona would avail one of a chance to become established before they recognize competition. Really, what this comes down to is being available and listening to people, and being ready to bear the cost of whatever it is you choose to do. The average American bureaucrat would probably not know what to make of it.

Of course you'd have to be willing to waste a fortune, and possibly even your life, in order to try it.