just to add to your overall point: > Governments are not good at actually competing in a space where there is a market and private competition. they are also

just to add to your overall point: > Governments are not good at actually competing in a space where there is a market and private competition. they are also good at serving markets that are too unprofitable for private companies to serve (such as public transportation or housing for extremely poor people, cheap postal services, fuel subsidies etc)