it's the government who should take the blame, not the people!?!?

Question

do you think this is a good excuse that the people shouldn't take the blame for the behavior of the government, when the government was elected by the very people, and the people gladly support this government?

Also, these PEOPLE are more likely to defend the evil behavior of the government whenever their government faces criticism?

Answer 1

While there's no doubt the people enable the government to
perform questionable acts,for the most part members of the
public have no real power. Most of us have no idea about what's really going on in the world.

The responsibility for the government's actions lie with the government. However,the people should take more care to
think for themselves instead of blindly following like sheep.
These days,in the Information Age,there is no excuse for not
doing so.

Answer 2

It is the people that elect the Government that we have. We do this so that we as citizens have someone to represent us within that Government. Sometimes we get it wrong, other times we get it right. There are a lot of considerations/issues to take into account when electing a Congressman/woman, or Senator, or even the President. We as American citizens are in fact partly to blame for how the world see us. because of the person we elect to the highest office in the land. but once we elect that person to represent us to the world, we expect them to do the best for us. sometimes it doesn't work out that way and we get screwed. So when election time comes we try to fix it. doesn't always work out the way we plan. We want the Government to fix everything, but not at our expense, we want everything handed to us and when we don't get it we whine and cry and piss and moan, "Oh, woe is me! The damn Government won't help me" Give it a rest.
Yes, we have problems here and abroad and we will continue to have them no matter who is in the white house. As for taking blame for a Government elected by it's citizen's, do you take the blame for yours!?!

Answer 3

We the People are the government.
If we don't like the way things are going, we have the power to change it.
The trick is to get enough of us interested to go and vote.
The day has come, with very high taxes, loss of sovreignity, the loss of the freedom to practice our religion without government interference, the loss of the freedom to choose our own medical care, the loss of any real privacy, and the continual assualts on our freedom of speech, that the fact that it is easier to just accept the status quo, and complain a lot, isn't good enough for most people.

We have the power to change what is happening, but it requires courage to go against the established ways of doing things.
The pundits tell us that if we don't vote for a major party we are throwing our vote away. That is only true if we believe them. These people have everything to gain by keeping things as they are. They pick candidates who won't rock the boat, back them with huge amounts of money, and then tell us that we have no choice but to pick one of them. This way they get to keep the gravy train that they have put in place for themselves.
All of this, at the expence of the average taxpayer. If we believe that we are powerless, we are. All they have to do to maintain the government waste that is costing us our freedom is to keep us convinced that it doesn't matter what we do, nothing will change.
WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
All we have to do is believe that we can.
Then we will take the necessary actions to do it.

Answer 4

The issue of collective blame is a hazy one. Was every German responsible for the Holocaust? The majority of them elected Hitler, afterall. What about those who didn't vote for him? They abided by the vote. Even those who may have resisted /failed to overthrow him/. Does that failure make them responsible?

I think, as long as a government is in power, it is responsible for it's people, and vice versa. But, as soon as a government is changed - from within or without - the people, as a whole, should no longer be held accountable for it's wrongs. Leave that blame with the leaders who gave the orders.

Answer 5

What you find evil is good to them and what you find good is evil to them, so who's to say one side is right and the other is wrong.

There is no point on blaming or pointing fingers, that's the reason why we have elections. It is to settle the dispute among the people that who ever wins the election rules the rest of the population. Regardless if you see the winning party to be evil, the majority disagrees with you, but that doesn't make you wrong does it?

Answer 6

I agree! We can elect someone for our own city or State and not get to vote on the detail they did not tell us. It all goes to hell. Hell if I knew, I would not of voted for them. We do not get to vote for these very intricate things. They are the fault for this! The government definitely does what they want! Change it when they want with no vote. Introduce things we don't want and make it law. Just like small or big coorporations. Ex:adding on late fees of 8 to 10 dollars. How is that legal? So much bull. I get scared to vote for I do not know anymore what it entangles! so disappointed!...

Answer 7

The people that voted for the government are responsible . If they were misled, they can always impeach them. Since neither party listens to the people anymore, the people have to organize to be heard. The "government" in the final analysis is your NEIGHBOR. Working with him, you can have any kind of country you want.

Answer 8

the people and the government are one and the same, so the questin has a faulty premise.