>in a democratic republic with an elected representative government, it's pretty weird to treat the feds as a hostile occupying power. But that's exactly our e

>in a democratic republic with an elected representative government, it's pretty weird to treat the feds as a hostile occupying power. But that's exactly our ethos and, I think, our major problem. We believe the gov't doesn't work, so fight hard to make sure it doesn't work, then sure enough, when you need it to do its job, it can't, and so it reinforces the negative loop. It's probably why we're at where we are now where a large percentage of the voting age population didn't vote on two candidates no one really wanted to run a gov't while ceding most of our representatives to the power of the corporate world, rather than the people actually being able to hold them accountable. But that gets even more off-topic. Sorry. And thanks for the very cogent statement vs my ramble.