No, I get it, but it misses the point entirely.
Government intervention in the economy is always inefficient, economically speaking. That's an undisputed fact. The prisoner's dilemma doesn't apply here. UNLESS your goal isn't economic efficiency, but rather something like "economic equality." In that case, yes, government intervention is likely to be more "successful" than leaving it up to the free market.
All the economic "science" mumbo jumbo in the world does not change one simple fact. You have no right to spend my money. Whether "you" represents you individually or 99% of the country.
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