This is merely a restatement of the ideal of government, and doesn&#x27;t address the fundamental complaint of the GP.<p>Government isn&#x27;t incompetent because it&#x27;s made up of incompetent individuals -- it&#x27;s incompetent because it&#x27;s been deeply captured by special interest groups, including, but not limited to, public sector unions.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Public_choice" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Public_choice</a><p>(TL;DR: When studying government from an economics perspective, the sum of rational self-interest actions across all actors isn&#x27;t very well aligned with the overall public interest.)