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No, they have not. They have incentives to do so, but they are only obligated to follow the law and in the US, even that obligation is relaxed by a lot.

Rule of law literally means that the law is the ruler, not government.

> government has no obligation to rule by and for the people in your mind?

Literally nobody said this.

You are arguing against literally this because the idea of being ruled by democratic means may lead to democratic outcomes you do not want to partake in. For that I say you're free to start your own society while people are allowed to engage in creative destruction if they choose so.

Let's not act like the VC world is against creative destruction when it comes to enriching themselves, there's no reason why the public can't destroy things to benefit society either.