That still doesn't make sense - as the author writes, such a project would require several miracles to survive the multiple election cycles it would go through. Why do people consider themselves a "we" with their government when said government regularly goes against the polled preferences of its citizens. Clear examples in the USA include the fact that weed is criminalized in its country and a huge swath of its citizens are imprisoned for marijuana crimes despite the nation's citizenry as a whole not wanting this. Another example includes the citizens preference for a guaranteed right to women's healthcare, and the government's failure to enshrine this right, or in some local cases, to actively outlaw women's healthcare.

So when people use "we" and include their government despite not living in democracies, I get confused.