Regardless of your geographic location, religion, heritage, party affiliation, or your firmness on historical texts; what is it that you believe government’s role to be - or should be?
If you’d like to elaborate, what is it you think your local or national government gets right and gets wrong?
I pose the question because I believe this fundamental belief is through which we observe and react to politics. There are things we want or don’t want government to do but often legislation or special interests or geographic or political threats get in the way. Our reactions to politics are often, but not wrongly, short-sighted and emotional without context or wisdom. I don’t see much dialog around this topic and I wonder if people subscribe to political parties without really considering if the party aligns with what they genuinely believe government’s responsibility is or should be.
I feel like government should be there to improve the lives of the population, in short. We’re all paying into it with our taxes for that reason. They should be implementing social programs, regulating hazards, addressing crises, and generally be there to help everyone.
I’m on cup one of coffee this morning though, so I’m sure this could be better articulated.
And controlling corporations and the state police
Government is literally the only check we have against corporate oligarchy. It’s mind boggling that conservatives think companies will behave due to a “free market.”