Try this: Every time you read the word “government” substitute the appropriate variation of the term “We, the People” or “democracy” and then see how you feel about what is being written.  Use the same substitution for the term “the state.”

This is especially fun when reading anything written by a conservative or a right winger.

Ronald Reagan’s famous phrase, “Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem” takes on a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?  He was saying that “democracy is the problem” — and here we are 25 years later seemingly living under corporate rule instead of democracy.  How has that turned out?

When conservatives complain about government or “the state” they are complaining about control of decision-making by the people rather than by a few.  Never forget that.