The Government is never an instrument of the People. It is always an instrument of the Ruling Class, and the Ruling Class always defines the purpose of the Government. Perhaps we don't get to choose our Government so much as we choose our Ruling Class. I don't yet understand how that happens, but I believe it has to do with public sentiment more than morality, certainly not the result of voting. What say you?
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All governments are of the people.
No government has power without the will/consent of the people.
But one may argue, "They have their armies and navies to enforce their will!"
But are not those armies and navies also of the people?
Represenitive democarcies just happen to be effective at keeping the people content long enough to preserve the government.
Governments define the people, not vice versa.
The power of government is in the will/consent of the people just as the power of a bully is also in the will/consent of the people.
Armies are instrument, they are not the people.
The circuses of the ruling class are more effective at preserving governments, than representative democracy.
Sure, they both have influence.
But a manipulated people that consent, still consent.
