Even with a clean slate and shared intention actual government policy tends to go astray over time. The book Jennifer Government explores this and there used t

Even with a clean slate and shared intention actual government policy tends to go astray over time. The book Jennifer Government explores this and there used to be a simulator online which allowed people to see how their political intentions might pan out given various circumstances. An extremely short summary is that people are constantly being challenged in various ways and government almost inevitably end up trying to help and getting stretched and incoherent.