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Not the OP, but no, the government doesn't and can't represent me. We are systematically locked into a two party system due to winner-takes-all voting in the USA and you seem to think that two (very similar) parties are enough for me to have representation. They aren't.

It also isn't nihilistic to have a very high bar for sharing any data these days. I personally am beyond considering sharing my data and go to great lengths to keep my important data safe. I don't trust anyone with it.



I would refer you to the political theory of John Locke, et al., in particular the consent of the governed.

Additionally, see the UN Human Rights declaration for the most modern (as far as I am aware) descendant of that political theory.

UN Human Rights declaration has as its immediate political theory ancestor the US Declaration of Independence.




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