I am still talking about your original comment.<p>I understand your clarification, I was nitpicking that you were saying my response to the original comment was &#x27;crazy&#x27; or something, but without the context you gave in your reply I think my original response was appropriate.<p>I agree with your larger point, there is probably a workable solution that balances the threat of government with the benefits of government, but I disagree that it is &#x27;not getting things done&#x27; that is the cause of us not finding that compromise.<p>In general, I think that appeals to &#x27;a lack of will&#x27; are almost always incorrect.  People, even politicians, are generally good and want to find good solutions.  There is a lot of disagreement on what is a good solution, and even more disagreement on what the long term consequences of choices are.  This is why there is gridlock, and if you read the Federalist Papers (in the case of the US), you will see that this gridlock is a Feature of the system, not a Bug.