alt Hacker News> OK, but following this logic, shouldn't we disband the government altogether and have mafias rule us all?
Only if "following this logic" means "extrapolate to an unreasonable extreme." Compare:
1. "Just eat healthy food and you'll be healthy!"
2. "Yes, but [things are complex]"
3. "Following that logic, we should just eat trash."
I am still curious: when is it acceptable to hope that something is actually going to work well enough when handed over to the government?