Almost like there are laws of reality (economics) that are stronger than human desires to force things against said laws! At the top are the laws of physics -

Almost like there are laws of reality (economics) that are stronger than human desires to force things against said laws! At the top are the laws of physics - nothing can beat them. But below those are economics and human nature. And only at the bottom are law, politics and whims/fiats of human imagination and wishful thinking, in that order. The final lowest level: the mad ravings of the individual in his/her own mind which are most powerless in the big picture and long term.