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People expose and oppose the government everyday in various forms. You would expect the news to be filled with scandals of government opposers or we would have

People expose and oppose the government everyday in various forms. You would expect the news to be filled with scandals of government opposers or we would have no opposition at all in the US due to them being blackmailed etc. Neither is true.

Karunamon 11y ago
And? They ought to be exposed and opposed. They serve at our pleasure, not the other way around.
- jonnybgood 11y ago
  > they serve at our pleasure No it actually doesn't and shouldn't. It would create a tyranny of the majority.
  - Nadya 11y ago
    Would you rather have tyranny left to the hands of a few?
  - ironsides 11y ago
    That my friend is called Democracy. When a majority rules..
    - jMyles 11y ago
      And that's why the United States was designed precisely to avoid becoming a democracy and instead be a republic.
      - ionised 11y ago
        And look how that's turned out. It took less than 200 years for it to devolve into a full-blown plutocracy.
thephyber 11y ago
"The government" is not a person and has no feelings. Additionally, the government has massive resources and one individual has humble resources (even the very wealthy ones). This is an asymmetrical comparison.
sosborn 11y ago
Just because it isn't happening now does not mean it won't happen in the future.