The government and the people have been separate entities with separate goals throughout the entirety of civilization. Our Republic was supposed to fix that, but it hasn't and I honestly don't think it will.
Given this, I think it's important to separate a people from their government and evaluate each on their own.
Rather significant difference, this.
...Which is really kind of sad, honestly.
unfortunate? Yes. But is it so sad?
The government and the people have been separate entities with separate goals throughout the entirety of civilization. Our Republic was supposed to fix that, but it hasn't and I honestly don't think it will.
Given this, I think it's important to separate a people from their government and evaluate each on their own.