In my country "We the People" is supposed to be the government.
The problem is "We the People" have gotten lazy and put people in charge, give them authority and ownership of "We the People" then sit at home or at work and complain about it.
That war we fought/fight (name one), is my war. It doesn't belong to my government. Its my war because I am part of We the People.
The White House is My House. It belongs to We the People and I am We the People.
The CIA, FBI, NASA, Social Security and all the other government funded stuff in my country is not the government's, its property of We the People. Its managed by We the People. It answers to We the People and since I am part of We the People, that's me as well as you too.
Democrat, Republican or Independent doesn't/shouldn't matter, We the People needs to be what is important. We the People needs to be in charge.
The final say.
If We the People steps up to do what is right, I have much faith.
If we continue the status quo, Just a deeper mess, loses my faith.
well with all due respect, ths is the most abused phraseology in Amercan History... "We the People"... OF WHAT? At the time each State had it's own Constitution in which thier preamble laid out "We the people of (STATE)!! The States confederated under their own Constituition from 1781-1789 under the Article of Confederation. It wasn't until the Constituional Convention of 1787 that a new form of government was adopted. (see second paragrapgh of the Declaration of Independence) It was a Right and a Duty!! However there was never any sense of Nationalism under this new Federal Contitutional (read the Federalist papers #39) It wasn't until March 2 1867 when the Radical Republicans usurped government to NATIONALIZE it from Federal that you have this misguided disconnect!!
A consideration...
I don't live in 1781-1789.
I don't live in 1787.
I don't live in 1867.
I do live in 2020.
In 2020 there is a federal government established and governed by We The People. There is a We The People 'chain of command'.
Citizen > Local Town/City > Township > County/Parrish > State Regional > State > Federal > United Nations
The citizen (We the People) is part of all levels except the United Nation level. However, at the United Nation level Federal influences a our nation's position on UN topics so We The People (You, I and our fellow citizens) actually influence our national stance on UN topics.
If you focus on the first level of the Citizen chain of command (Local Town/City) you can see We The People is absent from decision making.
What you do see is a group of individuals (mainly business owners) who influence decisions based on their own agendas.
Most people in any town or city have no idea when a town meeting is happening and can't be bothered to attend. If they did, the meetings would be held in bigger venues.
A select few decide the welfare of the majority. This is happening at all levels of our government. Plus, We The People know it is happening and encourage it.
We 'elect' individuals to run our affairs so we don't have to.
When they decide they are going to do something it becomes their baby (Obama's plan, Trump's plan...).
It isn't We The People's plan that Obama or Trump is managing for us. We give them authority over our will so we can do what we want and when their plan interferes with us doing what we want we then cry, moan and complain about it.
Even our election process is designed to remove responsibility from We The People.
Voting should be identity validated.
If you are in a room of people and asked to vote 'aye or nay' your vote is your vote.
Every ballot should have your name on it. The fact it doesn't helps to lead to the FUBAR we currently have.
Every elected official should be held to representing the will of the people first and foremost.
If they are not doing that single key job, they should be fired and someone else should take their place.
But, we don't see that either.
What we see is the opinions of our reporting agencies and a whole lot of complaining and bickering among We The People.
Exactly what you get when you have someone running YOUR affairs according to THEIR agenda.
You get elections like the great Hillary/Trump campaign war. I was shamed such childish antics were perpetuated publicly by people We The People were deciding to elect to represent us. The fact either candidate even had a chance is beyond me?
The reality is...We The People have absolutely no idea what we are doing.