Would one trust such a person? Yet when it comes to Government...

What if a friend, relative or mate conducts much of his/her life in secrecy while expecting, demanding full transparency of you. What if the same friend, relative or mate conducts much if not all of his/her life unrestrained, unchecked, unaccounted while intruding, imposing even determining, enforcing conditions upon much of your life.

Would one trust such a person? Would one want such a person in their life? Would one want and trust such a person with their life? Would one not suspect, perhaps reject such a person as questionable, distrustful, unreliable as well insensitive, selfish, narcissistic even detrimental, harmful, dangerous and more?

Yet when it comes to Government, the same characteristics and behaviors are tolerated, supported, justified, desired, moralized, glorified and done so due to a logical inconsistency thus ethical depravity, psychotically unrecognized per a persisting disconnection, or maniacally ignored per an insisting covetousness.

The defense of oneself often arises fervently, urgently upon reading criticisms of this sort, immediately assuming the aforementioned applies to others; their personality, preference, persuasion, polity, party, politician, etc. If so, to the reader a suggestion; read and study Matthew 7:3-5 (KJV version below) then ponder over it... labor over it... followed by reading and studying Exodus 20: 17 (KJV version further below) then ponder over it... labor over it... till last breath.

"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).