- Moderator
- #41
But under our system, we govern ourselves thru a representative government.
No. Under all systems of government, we govern ourselves through the choices we make. If we want to get corruption out of government we need to get corruption out of ourselves. If we want the government out of "charity" (an oxymoron if anything is), we need to be charitible in our own lives.
The problem we have is we expect those we vote for to do things for us instead of getting off our asses and doing it ourselves. And we, of course, elect people who reflect who we are and they are people who want other people to do the heavy lifting.
The problem we have with our government comes because we the people are flawed. Until we fix the fundamental problem, the bad government will continue.