This might be the best comment I've ever received in reply. It seems like it's either a shared social failure where everyone has access to the same semi-ineffi

This might be the best comment I've ever received in reply. It seems like it's either a shared social failure where everyone has access to the same semi-inefficient gov't monopoly, or it's an uneven distribution with some guaranteed failures that are exceptionally painful for a smaller number of people. The net amount of pain/suffering is constant, it's just how we distribute it.