Empty Speech Game

[Tsyal Makto]

Originally Posted by Banefull

The only problem I see with this is, who will govern the government itself?

What is to keep the government continuously ethical? Some corruption will inevitably take hold despite being seperate from business.

The best people to govern the government are the same people that put them in office in the first place, the people. Thomas Jefferson's quote said it best, "People should not fear the government, government should fear the people." Those in government should be in constant fear of the hellfire that could come their way if they do not follow the will of the people that elected them. Unfortunately many of the democratic countries of the world have forgotten this. It's not just the US (though it is worst here, then probably followed by Britain) where people have given up their power by propagandic, sensationalist fear-media, and many times also force. For example, you'll notice that many of the same countries with corrupt democracy also have a very militarized police force.

One of the few countries where this really still exists anymore is France. Just take a look at the protests a few weeks ago. I remember a quote I saw in an article back during the peak of that event: "This is what democracy looks like when it hasn't been emasculated by decades of propaganda and consumerism."