Its funny because we see the tragedy of the commons "fail" (succeed?) all the time in national elections: people are so afraid to "selfishly" choose the candida

Its funny because we see the tragedy of the commons "fail" (succeed?) all the time in national elections: people are so afraid to "selfishly" choose the candidate they actually want to win (and thus cause the opponent to win) that we all "cooperate" on a sort-of ok choice (just like cooperating on 2 vs 6). I guess that's argument for penalties.