Is the system corrupt? Probably! But the government is there to protect the interest of the voters. Democracy is flawed, as is human nature, as is capitalism. T

Is the system corrupt? Probably! But the government is there to protect the interest of the voters. Democracy is flawed, as is human nature, as is capitalism. There is no pure system. We need a combination of all of them. And, sometimes, we need legislation: very often, to defend us against ourselves (our flawed nature, our procastrination, our inability to understand the complexity around us). Some (maybe those who are not so flawed), will consider that a limitation of their freedom. But they live in this society, and must accept the rules chosen by the majority. They still have the right of arguing for different laws, and convince the majority that those rules are against their own interest. Or they can leave this society and build a country in the middle of the Atlantic (from scratch, not taking anything from our society with them: you can not have it both ways!) The sum of individual forces does not necessarily lead to a system which optimises the well-being of each individual (tragedy of the commons).