> How can a bunch of bumbling elected city councils manage to construct adequate water and sewer works, and private builders who actually know what they are doi

> How can a bunch of bumbling elected city councils manage to construct adequate water and sewer works, and private builders who actually know what they are doing cannot. Because they know what they're doing. Tragedy of the Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons