Lumping everyone together under a "nation" can be deceptive. One should make the distinction between the ruling elite that has the power vs the other 99% that are subject to the power. Nations and governments are too abstract terms. These laws usually come from the same group of people, not even the 1% but the 0.1%, those at the very top and whose position is unchallenged and has be unchallenged for decades or even centuries.

Is it wonder that presidents comes from the same social circle all the time? How come George Bush was president and his father was president too? Is this a coincidence? If becoming president was a democratic process that what are the chances the someone becomes president and his son becomes president too? It's extremely small. This shows that it's not democratic at all, but rather the same group of people put each other into power and look out for the interest of each other. It's a ruling elite which is a very closed social circle that has been at the top of power for centuries. Much like the continuation of ruling dynasties of kingdoms since the middle ages. There is no real democracy here, that's only an appearance to keep the masses appeased.

p.s. Just like the admins of HackerNews should be accountable for hellbanning users without telling them. Anyone see similarity here?