Thank you for your insight. I started to rebut this extraordinary argument in a number of different ways, but I found it so at variance with any concept I knew that it became difficult.
I find your argument that our government is a natural extension of the people, whereas in other "dopey" countries this does not apply, to be remarkable. Our government structure is very similar to a hundred others. I am amazed that you think our government represents the people so well that it is a perfect expression of them, whereas in other countries this is not true.
I feel that no government is a perfect expression of the will of its people, and that any form of government inhernetly changes the behavior of the people, and that governments are not fluid and easily changed. We agree that government is just people doing things, and the form of government found is naturally derived from the people of a nation. I find this way of thinking unhelpful, however, because my question was really about how the individuals on this website are at variance with their government, or as you defined it, their people.
Thank you for the lively discussion. At long last, I see that you have rephrased my question in your lengthy terms and provided an interesting way to think about it, but not answered it. Would you like to?