All governments seem to have citizens that complain about this or that; of which, in some of those governments, because they are totalitarian, dictatorships, or similar, such complaints are often done sotto voce; whereas in republics and democracies those so complaining are prone to being rather vociferous and demonstrative in their complaints. However, it may so be, we do so find that complaining about governmental policies and implementations, is something that seems ever endless, often without any real satisfaction, for any party, as if those that are our elected representatives, aren’t ever listening to those that voted them in. That is to say, in those governments in which the people have the ballot box, the elections are free and open, and the debates are part of the process, would seem to be, all things considered, the type of construct in which at a minimum, the people of the party so winning, would be satisfied; but such satisfaction when it does so come, typically seems transitory and never secure. In other words, part of the continuing tension and discord that one sees in a country such as the United States, is the fact that neither of the two major political parties, seems to be in complete lockstep with its adherents, and further to the point, the people of those parties, often feel almost irrelevant to such.
So then, what we so have is a situation, in which, despite the vote, that for all intents and purposes, the government so in charge, isn’t really of the people, by the people, and for the people, at all; but seems to have a mind of its own, instead. That is also the very reason why all the desired change that people expect and want, year in and year out, never seems to ever occur, because those that believe that they have voted for that change, clearly themselves aren’t personally in charge, nor do we so find that the legislative representatives so meant to represent the people, are actually doing what was so expected of them as their sworn duty, by their constituency, either. Indeed, then, the reason that there is so much complaining, which never goes away, really comes down to the fact, that the people have been cheated out of their own governance, which is the very first principle of what such governance was appropriately created for in the first place.
In truth, governing isn’t really all that difficult, when such governance takes into full account that its primary purpose is to promote the general welfare of the people. For if that government was doing that very thing, then the complaining so being done, would be getting ever less in volume, for a satisfied people is the very same people that not only have no compelling reason to complain, but also are the very same ones that will praise the wisdom and fortitude of that good governance. So then, a nation of complainers, is an unhappy nation; and further to the point, represents a nation, in which the people are not an integral part of such governance, which thereby makes them ever prone, with justification, to complain.