People frequently talk about 'the government' as if it was some kind of external entity. It's not.
Government is merely society's instrument for doing large things that we cannot accomplish alone or in small groups.
As such, it impacts everyone's lives everyday, usually in ways that we cannot readily see. No matter how much someone thinks they have never used government services, THEY HAVE!
We all take for granted that in the U.S. we have the safest, most orderly life on the planet. That is because of our government.
Somehow we have allowed a relatively small group of nihilistic greedheads to convince us that government is unnecessary at best, the enemy at worst.
Perhaps this is the real reason the right worships Reagan, because he promoted an anti-government attitude, even while he betrayed all the policies they wanted to dismantle it.
I am not saying that there are not faults in government. It is run by people after all, so it will never be perfect. Neither is any other institution run by people, and we don't hear an outcry to get rid of them.
If you don't like something about the government, work to fix it. If enough other people agree with you, it will change. If most people like it, it won't.
But don't chuck it completely because it isn't perfect.
You really wouldn't like being on your own.
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