Is government really "we the people"?

The government has become the government of the professional politicians, for the professional politicians, and by the professional politicians.

Our government is "We the rich people, without regard for poor people."

And without regard for the middle class people since it's the middle class that keeps the elites in check.

Agreed.

The government is "We the Corporations"

Be careful actually; corporations are tools utilized by the elites and so are not the core of the problem.

from local to federal, they do not represent "we the people".

Not undecided, but this is kinda off the mark.
There is Government, and then
There are the People.
One is the Ruler, and the others are the Slaves.
two totally different things.

The government is supposed to be a servant to we the people. The people have turned into mice and now the servant rules over master.

We the people is a concept in jeopardy. To paraphrase a well known speech:



Two hundred and thirty six years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a critical presidential election, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say, but it can never forget what those who came before us did here. It is for us the living, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who came before have thus far so nobly advanced. It is for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Ultimately, all forms of government are democracies--even the dictatorships. If that's what you mean, then yeah. Otherwise, 'representative' government in a nation of over 300 million people is a myth. The tooth fairy is more credible.

The government hasn't represented the people in decades.

The government has become "We the Special Interest with the most cash to donate to the next campaign."

How could it be? Government is a monopoly of force. So we have one group of individuals that are considered to have the moral authority to aggress against another group of individuals whereas the second group may not do so against the first. It's inherently inequitable and the groups cannot be said to be equal or homogenous.

A moral society cannot operate on this premise.

Socialism under a so-called Democracy. The rich run this country.

Not everything related to government is socialism, and many aspects of socialism are independent of government. Just a note.

Thanks for the insight. We are losing more rights all the time.

That is true.

The PRESENT "government" is most definately NOT "We the People"

As it is going the government seems to be above the people, they pass laws for the people and then turn around and pass another law that makes them exempt from it.

it should be...at least

You mean We The Sheeple?

Definately not "We The People"

but it requries participation in the process to work.

Making up fake names on the Internet to insult the country's leaders is not participation in the process

it's you people...