Institutions in the us have never really worked for the people. It's always been an oligarchy of one type or another. Sf is just the latest chapter in this stor

Institutions in the us have never really worked for the people. It's always been an oligarchy of one type or another. Sf is just the latest chapter in this story. Places like Vienna are more functional because they have governments that are working for the people rather than corporate interests. They have centuries of real social development, rather than what the us has which is only economic development. I think most people in america don't really understand the concept of society. They see the state as a mechanism to keep just enough peace to enable money to be made, and to fight wars. They don't see it as a tool to craft a society that benefits the main thrust of it's people. Despite all the lofty ideals and language in our founding documents it's never been that type of endeavor.