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The local government is the will of the collective group of people who are governed by it. Maybe you're the home owner who would love to have your home demolish
by ilikehurdles 8y ago
The local government is the will of the collective group of people who are governed by it. Maybe you're the home owner who would love to have your home demolished and replaced with a high rise, but the fact that you can't means your community doesn't want to be subject to that, and they've exercised that will through the legal framework where you, too, have a voice (albeit an outnumbered one). We trade authority to the government for it to stop you with legal means so that your neighbors don't stop you with clubs and pitchforks.
- baddox 8y ago> The local government is the will of the collective group of people who are governed by it. Perhaps it should be. That certainly doesn't mean that it is. Do the people of Flint want their water crisis?
- marssaxman 8y ago> The local government is the will of the collective group of people who are governed by it. That's awfully idealistic! Sure, it would be nice if that were true, as a pure expression of democracy, but I've never seen a real-world government which actually met that standard.