> This is not hard to understand. Gov’t officials believe that the work they do is different in kind. We're talking about public servants. They're given some

> This is not hard to understand. Gov’t officials believe that the work they do is different in kind. We're talking about public servants. They're given some power and privileges only so they can do the job of serving the public and not for any other purpose. This comes with risks of corruption and abuse and so the situation calls for stricter monitoring and scrutiny of the public servants than of the citizens they represent. If any public servants hold the view you described then they are misguided and utterly misunderstand the role they've been given.