Politics

I just had a discussion with someone who dislikes the US government. I posed the question to him whether he would prefer another government or no government at all. He suggested that all laws should be subjected to a people's referendum. He argued that representative government has failed the people. However, he did not seem to want anarchy, but mostly felt disinfranchised and disheartened by legislation designed to curtail his freedoms. I pointed out that we live in a syncitial world where everything is connected, like it or not. Government is a necessary contrivance for humans to live with any kind of order or peace. All governments are experimental in perpetuatum, subject to the people who run them. Anarchy is not effective for the safety of social numbers. The institutions of government are always faulty in that everyone cannot be pleased. Interpretation of the law is at the core of an governing party. These interpretations are prone to error, so the spirit of the government is the most solid base on which it stands. The democratic spirit where the welfare of all is the primary concern seems a good one and our American forefathers were well aware of the pitfalls of the governing body. The result is that it is nearly impossible to be fully satisfied by the government decisions. The best we can hope for is that, for the most part, the basic welfare of all is covered.