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I think the honest answer is both. Government exists to serve a population. But it also has to protect itself, that's just reality. If it lets itself get undermined, its mission of serving the people can't be accomplished.
So it is basically the omnipotentence paradox. Created to serve the people. If the people oppose it its existence is threatened so it has to protect itself. Flawed by design but not unfixable if it learns to accept itself being questioned and properly addresses those concerns it can improve itself to better serve the people but at the same time but addressing the questions against it threatens its existence
To me it seems like it is designed to serve itself. I think there are politicians who absolutely try to serve the people and do the best they can. But at the end of the day the government cares about the government, not the people it represents.
Very well put! Thanks for sharing!
It's designed and exist to serve the people. However, orders and direction of what each agency takes comes from the Capitol Hill, e.g., from the politicians. No agency has the authority to carry out arbitrary any function that is not authorized and funded to do so.
I like this and! Very will put!
I was a civil servant under four presidents and the only time it was hell was under the one that paints his face orange. Civil servants serve the people with honor integrity extreme diligence and desire to make a life better for those we serve. We serve the American people. When government is a whole realizes that they'll quit jacking around civil servants and quit screwing up the agencies. Everything that's been done in the last five to six months is going to come back to haunt everyone in the house and Senate that let the things happen that have happened.
I think you mean workers in government? If so, true.
Never trust anyone. Even ones you think you can trust will stab you in the back. All for money.
I would actually refer to my comment on the first comment about it being the omnipotentence paradox in a nutshell. Government is only as good as its most open mind. If it accepts that it wants to truely serve the people it will ask the people what they think even if it risks itself in the process.
It’s designed to serve the people but there are guardrails in place to protect itself and the people if that makes sense. I’ve seen things designed that raised an eyebrow to me but I started reading the project charters then the light bulb went off