If the governments actually exist to serve the people, shouldn’t the government institutions function in the best interests of their people? But, knowing that all the government institutions simply follow the orders of the officials, and all the officials just obey the commands of the politicians, and the politician’s primary focus is on their own incomes and serving to the needs of the wealthy individuals, businesses and private corporations, why do we still believe that the governments are serving us?
If the governments genuinely represent the people, shouldn’t their policies and programs aim to protect their land and people? But when all the political parties and their governments are continually handing over our natural resources to the private corporations in the name of development and employment, isn’t it necessary to question the true motives of the government?
Regardless of our concerns and irrespective of the scale of our protests, when the governance structures and the authorities are continually imposing such projects that destroy our environment and exploit our work force, why do we continue to think that the governments are serving us?
The governments demonstrate the country’s growth by presenting statistics and year-by-year comparisons may be used to highlight progress. And we may be influenced to think that these private companies and industries play a significant part in the development of the country. But why do we all fail to recognize that the vast majority of the nation’s industries and most profitable commercial organizations are controlled by a small percentage of extremely rich individuals?
Aren’t the vast profits of all essential sectors, such as food, medicine, education, transportation, news and visual media, banks, telecommunications, information technology, mineral resources, construction, highways, ports, power generation, and other manufacturing sectors, owned by a few multinational corporations, private corporations, politicians, and a small group of wealthy people?
And so, the governments continually publish advertisements and release media reports to give us the impression that the country is developing. But do they truly reflect the actual situation of the country and the everyday lives of the people? Do the government’s data indicators for growth include the socio-economic inequalities and injustices?
If not, is our country actually developing? Or, are we all misled into thinking that our country is developing because of the growth of very few private businesses and individuals?
If a country is really developing, shouldn’t the price of essential commodities and the people’s tax burden come down? But how can it be true that the country is developing when the prices of all the commodities are increasing day by day and all our taxes are always rising?
Isn’t it wise for a nation to move forward with the development initiatives only after guaranteeing all the basic facilities for its entire population? But why haven’t any of the governments fulfilled all the basic needs of all their people?
And if the governments really exist to serve the people, they should have aided the farmers in producing healthy food using local technologies and diversified traditional seed varieties, right? But why do all the governments prioritize and advocate an agricultural system that poisons our food, depletes our soil fertility, makes farmers indebted, and destroys our agricultural traditions?
If the governments really want to develop the country, they should have a created a disease free, healthy society using the easily affordable holistic medical treatments, right? But when all the governments disregard all the holistic medical systems and mandate the English medicine that constantly keeps us sick so as to profit from our diseases, what for are they really working for?
And if the governments genuinely serve the people, they should utilize the educational institutions to raise free-thinking, independent, moral, and socially responsible future generations, right? How many significant reforms could we have achieved as a society if the governments had worked together with the schools and colleges to develop our country?
If governments genuinely represent the people, they should use the media to cultivate politically aware and involved citizens, right? They should utilize the television and the media to educate the masses and guide them to transform their lives, right? How much would they have contributed to building a civilized, sustainable, and cooperative society?
But when the governments are uninterested in resolving any of the social issues and are not even considering the permanent solutions to our problems, isn’t it reasonable enough to conclude that they are not functioning to serve us?
Even when they know the real solutions to many of the on-going and recurring problems, don’t they disregard them but politicize the issue, play blame games, and capitalize on those problems for their own gains? If so, isn’t it sensible enough to conclude that the governments will never truly solve any of our problems?
And finally, if the governments exist to serve their people, they would create an environment for all the people to live in freedom and security without the need or help of the government, right? But when the governments have deliberately designed a system in which individuals cannot exist without government support, why do we continue to trust the governments to serve us?
Isn’t it logically right to conclude that no government has ever acted in our best interests and never will? Is it true that the government has never served us and never will?
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