> > If I fight the battle to get centralized IT to install Python, I now have a guaranteed set of standard libraries as well. I'm never going to get permission to install anything other than default. Ever.

> You could install packages with `pip install --user` to have them install under your home directory.

You might find that the issue isn't necessarily always technical (ie permissions), but policy. A lot of places don't let you arbitrarily download software off the internet onto a system. Pp's point is that having a full feature stdlib let's you only need to crank the policy/approval process once, rather than once for every dependent lib.