alt Hacker NewsSorta depends on where one draws the line, but the line you are drawing, suggest there should be no government, so "system not working as intended"
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I don't think they were thinking of "no government", rather something like "government working in support of capital" (see 2008 financial crisis bank bail-outs; enforcing private ownership and protecting accumulated wealth).
Governments are fine. Any group of people large enough to not be a hivemind on everything has a government. Even if they don't formalize it, it will still emerge organically as they run into issues that require consensus on actions.
The crucial difference is between the governments actually run by the people, and the governments that claim to "represent" them.
How little imagination we have anymore! Its like you discover ice cream but for some reason only chocolate ice cream. Someone is like "chocolate is no good" and all you know to think is: "Oh so you guys just dont want ice cream at all?!"
It's a government of capitalists by capitalists for capitalists.
There's always a government. There isn't always an electable, accountable, removable government. Run - no matter how partially - for the common good.