Government is the homeostasis of society; it regulates all of us as citizens of the state. It provides us with defense, liberties, and necessities that in countries would be considered luxuries. However, it is not singular being; it is made of many individuals: mayors, leaders, senate members, and so on. Each individual are subject to corruption and human errors for we as a species are not perfect morally. There are some that use their governmental powers for the people, while others use it for their own benefits. Plus, within the government, there are parts of it would be considered "conservative" and restricts us as citizens to express ourselves and live out our lives. Prop 8 would be a simple example. The 1970 Watergate scandal demonstrated the desperate measures people were willing to take to be in the Presidential office of
Okay. Now to the good stuff.
The government makes sure that everyone has plenty, that no sector within the infrastructure that maintains our welfare is ever weak. It provides domestic security so we as citizens can be safe and it allows us to express our discontent whenever the government is about to screw up big time. So basically citizen and government would be considered to be part of a love-hate relationship.
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