The main reason for my reply was that it seemed like your comment was making broad statements about government, such as implying that government is incapable of

The main reason for my reply was that it seemed like your comment was making broad statements about government, such as implying that government is incapable of competently tackling any problem. I responded in kind with a broad statement as I felt that was a harmful sweeping generalization that ignored fundamental dynamics such as negative externalities, and needed to be challenged. Edit: Sorry for the repeated edits.