> "the government can't really be on your team" That's kind of the root problem of democracy, isn't it? If a government truly is "of the people, by the people,

> "the government can't really be on your team" That's kind of the root problem of democracy, isn't it? If a government truly is "of the people, by the people, for the people", then they are by definition on their people's team, and their people should trust them. But, if they can't in fact be on your team, and if you can't trust them, then you can't really have a democracy, can you? You end up with something else, something that looks like democracy but really isn't.