Comment: "Government is us" ??   If only ... :(   If the writer took a glance at a history book, or just a cursory review of headlines from around the world, he would quickly realize that government (in general) doesn't represent the Will of the People, necessarily - just the will of the people who happen to be running the government!

Mr. Ablieter, the real threat to your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness *doesn't* lie within the despised "1%" or the international corporations.  There isn't a corporation out there that can make you spend a cent on their goods or services, if you don't really want to.  However, the bureaucrats in your government (who by and large are unelected, unaccountable, and are protected by civil service laws that mean they can rarely be fired for any reason), can extract from you arbitrary amounts of your income, property, liberty, or even your life, under pretty nearly any circumstances that they care to define.  :-/  Which is the greater danger?  (You tell me!)