The government is a group of people, is it not? @Zayan Watchel

only in a democracy

Is asking "Should the people serve the government or should the government serve the people?" a stupid question? @Zayan Watchel

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Indeed it is, but don't mix that up with the economy. "The people" in the question, are the economy.

No Razor, because the government isn't all people, it's one group within the society.

Everyone is in the economy to some extent, not everyone is in the government.

The government is a different group from the general public, so your comparison doesn't really work.

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You should ask instead what would the purpose of a economy be.

That does make a little more sense.

Should an economy be built up by the government, or by the market of the people would have been a better question.

Are we talking about the function of a economy? Or the purpose?

It's pretty defined.

The terms.

We need to define the terms.

The market. Corporations are designed top down because they're meant to do really well for a while then die, if we build our economy at large that way then... well I don't need to explain why dying is bad, do I?

"Should the people serve the nation or should the nation serve the people?" @Erathrys

Bottom up systems last for a long time.

Well, in that case it would depend on the values of the people.

The nation IS the people.

Didn't you just say the economy was the people?

You did, actually, or at least zayan did

@The Big Oof
A nation is a group of ideas, people and culture. So it's just like the economy question, if people are a part of it, it doesn't make sense.

the people 🇨🇳

But the people aren't separate from the nation.

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I did say that. Funny.

The people are separate from the nation.

The people are a part of the economy, the people are part of the nation. They aren't the only thing in the economy/nation though.

If the Nation is the laws which govern it, and the people are constrained by, and disagree to those laws...

If all people died would a nation still exist?

Then the Nation is not working for the people.

Oh ok.

A people can exist without a nation

No, you're replacing the word "Government" with "Nation."

But a nation can't exist without a people.

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yeah

But a nation doesn't serve or disserve people, the government does that. The people and their culture are what makes up a nation.

So the people are a separate entity from the nation itself.