re: #3 Thanos

The other part of this ugly equation uses game theory: pitting people on benefits (like my rural Dad on SSI, pension, and Medicare) vs other people on benefits (like that urban unemployed guy on unemployment and food ebt.)

How is this part of game theory? Game theory has to do with how best to play games of chance when you know the odds and you and your opponent are both able to think long and deeply before making your respective plays.

At Rock, Scissors, Paper, for instance, your best strategy is to choose from those three options at random. But—-how could this bear on government benefits? Who are the players? What are the rules?