> Why people continue to put such blind faith in government is beyond me. This attitude seems really misanthropic to me. Government is people. Elected people h

> Why people continue to put such blind faith in government is beyond me. This attitude seems really misanthropic to me. Government is people. Elected people here in the US. Yeah, there have been mistakes and there will continue to be mistakes, but this "burn it all down" response to that fact of reality isn't going to make anything better.