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You know that government of the people, by the people, for the people? That's you. You're the people. There's no separate entity that is "the government" that'

• matheusmoreira 5y ago
  > There's no separate entity that is "the government" Of course there is. The government exists and is staffed by a very small portion of the general population. I simply don't understand how anyone could believe otherwise. It's not even possible to argue that governments represent the people's interests since corporations constantly lobby it in order to get favorable decisions and laws. > except other people, who it turns out, may want different things than what you want What these people want is irrelevant. This is about what people need. People need things such as essential services and basic infrastructure. This is not controversial in any way. Governments failing to provide this basic stuff defeats their whole purpose.