Dog-faced pony soldier is an idea. A good idea or a bad idea coming from an individual’s brain in “government”. C’mon man...government is an idea.
Individuals vs. collectives on full display.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
Ayn Rand
Life, faculties, production — in other words, individuality, liberty, property — this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it. Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
What Is Law?
What, then, is law? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.
Frederic Bastiat
Is it a good law or a bad law?...a good government or a bad government?...a good individual or a bad individual?...a good collective or a bad collective?...a good idea or a bad idea?
A Donald Trump or a Joe Biden. They’re just individuals...with faces, words and deeds.