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Indeed. A government as a separate entity from "the people" should start going away (and communications technology is a key piece in that evolution).

• sukuriant 16y ago
  Forgive me but, in part, wasn't that what the United States' government was made to be?
  • rue 16y ago
    Dunno, I wasn't there. To me it seems that the U.S. government is probably the furthest-removed from the people among western nations - and Americans are by far the least trusting of government.
    • sukuriant 16y ago
      I was thinking of the Ghettysburg Address when I wrote that statement: http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/get... This wasn't written when the United States came into being, but I would like to think that Abraham Lincoln had the founding father's heart when he spoke it.