> However, that's undesirable for reasons that should be obvious. Not to mention entirely ignorant of the very notion of our government being ostensibly "by th

> However, that's undesirable for reasons that should be obvious. Not to mention entirely ignorant of the very notion of our government being ostensibly "by the people, of the people, for the people" - i.e. the government itself being a representation of society. So if society itself is broadly rejecting some viewpoint on its own, then it's kind of pointless for the government to get involved.