The issue isn't that government doesn't work. The issue is that government DOES work...

[Kasz216]

richardhutnik said:

Kasz216 said:
As for the government working or not working though... if your point is, it works at screwing up... then sure.

Government can theoretically accomplish any one goal, but it's going to screw up a lot of other stuff in the process...

and even then it's not guaranteed to get results... because it might attempt the wrong methods, or in the research case, fund the wrong research.

With so few people deciding where resources are allocated, the chances for mistakes are much higher.

The arguments come down to whether or not a democratically elected entity, that responses to influences and can be subject to the people is better or worse off than a system where decisions are made by people buying and selling.  The main difference between the two is that the democratically elected entity gets inputs uniformly from everyone in the form of one vote, and markets award people with more money, more votes.  Also, in markets, people with little money may have no votes at all.  In the videogame industry, you have a few players.  And in other markets, barriers to entry end up making there be even less players involved.  And with this, there are very few players making all the decisions also.

I will still stand by what I wrote, from the perspective of individuals who petition government effectively.  For such individuals, they get what they want from government.  The government is a genie for them.  Oh, there is consequences, as there are consequences for any complex system of interconnecting parts.  The financial meltdown of recent years is an example of this.

Your overlooking something,

In buying and seling, everybody gets a say... if your part of a niche market you get screwed.

While voting wise, only the majority get a say, outside of a few very specifically decided cases... and then only if your representative actually listens to what you say.

The reason why Gay rights for example have pretty much completely stalled out, is because gay people being such a minority, they need to rely on normal people giving enough of a shit about stuff that doesn't effect them to make things happen.

If the government controlled most of what the free market does and listens to voting, we'd have no restraunts but fastfood, no Movies except "Medea goes to"   etc.

If all that stuff was based on politcians, they'd pick what they want through their point of view, often missing, with no other options.

 

Government is pretty much always going to suffer from

A) Groupthink.

B) One person deciding everything, meaning their failures crash EVERYTHING.