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> Then people ought to be complaining about their local governments, not HOAs.

Complain all you want, but if all new homes in your city are in a HOA, you are going to be under the thumb of those 80-something HOA board members who have nothing else to do in life but nitpick your house violations. Is that a desirable outcome for anyone?

I'm sure there will be things citizens ought to be doing all the way to the collapse of the empire.

It’s pretty common and reasonable to complain about a specific thing you don’t like rather than a general complaint about the government. Compare “then people ought to be complaining about their local government, not Flock cameras.”