MAHDOOD on Nostr: The government does not represent the people. True representation does not require ...

The government does not represent the people. True representation does not require the threat of violence. True representation requires consent. And how do you hold a government accountable? Protests? Voting? None of these things work. When people say hold the government accountable, they mean that people use force and violence to get what they want like the founders did in 1776. “Freedom isn’t granted by government, it is defended.” So the issue here is the government uses violence on the people and the only way for the people to keep the government in check is by occasionally gathering together and reminding government that they will use violence against them if they’re out of line. So the government just keeps the people divided: red vs blue. They fight each other and the government takes more freedom away. It’s just mob rule.