@SocialistStan@mymastadon.link @LeftistLawyer the people (plural, not "a people") face a challenge, but so does the state.

states are in my view the most important and consequential of all human inventions, but like fire, they can and often do burn us into pain and ash. the most important human project is improving states, so they simultaneously act well on behalf of the publics they serve, and retain the approval of those publics (which, surprisingly often, may prove to be conflicting imperatives).