> An elected legislator is not the government in my mind. This whole personification of the government done by Americans puzzles me. Government holds the monopo

> An elected legislator is not the government in my mind. This whole personification of the government done by Americans puzzles me. Government holds the monopoly on violence, not Beto. He shouldn’t imply such a terrible thing. The government is comprised of people. Pointing to individual actors in that group seems sensible since "government" is not some autonomously system but a system composed of individuals who direct the actions of the group.