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that's true, it does describe the liberal approach to governance.
but in terms of dynamic art, "you are only meant to win" is itself an arbitrary limitation for how you can interact with a game. it's the difference between TF2 and Overwatch, or LoL when it released and LoL today.
Even in fighting games, if you win every round, is it still a game? Loosing to a skilled opponent can be just as satisfying as winning. Challenging yourself with personal limitations is just fun. Maybe you loose more, so what? Maybe you loose every time - maybe you do it just to see how long you survive. There's no wrong way to play a video game.
...maybe you do it just to watch a pompous dork fill up column space about how you're playing the game wrong.
Sirlin is explicitly and directly writing for people trying to get better at whatever street fighter was being played at the time of writing and it applies slightly less directly to people trying to win at any contest.