Definition of #Government!! 👌🏽

The following dialogue is from the famous 2002 American serial Firefly (Episode #10 - War Stories). Simon & Book are 2 characters from the episode.

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Simon is analyzing data on a vid screen. Book is moving about the infirmary behind him.

BOOK
Did you ever read the works of Shan Yu?

SIMON
Shan Yu, the psychotic dictator?

BOOK
Yep. Fancied himself quite the
warrior-poet. Wrote volumes on
war, torture... the limits of
human endurance.

SIMON
(mildly)
That's nice.

BOOK
He said... "Live with a man forty
years. Share his house, his meals,
speak on every subject. Then tie
him up and hold him over the volcano's
edge, and on that day, you will
finally meet the man."

SIMON
What if you don't live near a volcano?

BOOK
I expect he was being poetical.

SIMON
Sadistic crap legitimized by florid prose.
(beat)
Tell me you're not a fan.

BOOK
I'm just wondering if they were.
The people who did this to your sister.

SIMON
The government did this to her.

BOOK
The government is a body of people,
usually notably ungoverned. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Beautifully defined! 👌🏽 Matches all types of governments. Especially the ones elected by so called people. 😁