Puting it as “government” makes it very political. I think that more often than not the people pushing these decisions follow an idea of what most people would

Puting it as “government” makes it very political. I think that more often than not the people pushing these decisions follow an idea of what most people would agree with. For instance even if a regulator deeply believes eating babies is OK, they wouldn’t push a law in that direction, understanding nobody would back them up. They would still be biased and try to limit punishment on baby eating, but there would be enough other people countering them. In a way, if nobody resists or succesfuly rejects a proposal, I’d argue that proposal goes along what society accepts as valid, even if if asked in a poll a lot of people would disagree with it.