In doctor-land, you are trying to solve a particular problem with a particular patient, the assumption being that once that problem is solved, the patient will

In doctor-land, you are trying to solve a particular problem with a particular patient, the assumption being that once that problem is solved, the patient will remain self-regulating. In political-theory-land, you assume all actors are bad, are at least will become bad at some point in the future. The question then becomes *how can we organize our political structures so that if we can't prevent dying, can we at least provide guidance to the next government that follows?" It naturally follows that the real goal is not solving problems: it is providing problems and solutions that people can accept. If nothing else, providing problems and solutions in terms that future generations can reason about.