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> They’re frustrated because they’re supposed to be steering the ship of our country through changing times…

The first paragraph and already a misinformed position of the role of representatives (hint, it’s in their name). Congress (or the other branches) was never about controlling a country, rather ensuring freedom.

Government policy meant to control will always backfire because, again, that’s not their job.

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This is a simplistic and reductive reading of "steering the ship." What if she said "govern"? It would mean exactly the same thing, yet it would also be a tautology and you'd have nothing to complain about. The piece is very directly about the problem of thinking about this in a more sophisticated yet concrete way. Please read it!

I don't think you quite understand what the word "government" means.

Here's a hint though, albeit at the risk of committing the etymological fallacy: the word "government" comes from the Greek "kubernétés" (κυβερνήτης), meaning "steersman". This is where the "steering the ship" metaphor comes from.

It's literally the job of government to "[steer] the ship of our country".

> the word "government" comes from the Greek "kubernétés" (κυβερνήτης), meaning "steersman"

Well, Hey now!

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