# Why do some people worship the government?

**URL:** https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140
**Category:** Society, Government, and Economics
**Created:** [August 29, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140 "2026-08-29T01:01:38Z")
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### Author: ![The\_Emotion](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Emotion](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/The_Emotion)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140/1 "2026-08-29T01:01:38Z")

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I noticed some people do this they will cite the laws of the government but yet they will never criticize them even if they are morally wrong because they believe that the government is God and that every law they say is morally correct but why is this ? Why would people worship something that is not supernatural ?

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### Author: ![anew1](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@anew1](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/anew1)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140/2 "2026-08-29T07:56:26Z")

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For the exact same reason that you worship the things that you do and don’t.

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### Author: ![Starfire87](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/user_avatar/www.ilovephilosophy.com/starfire87/32/28939_2.png) [@Starfire87](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Starfire87)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140/3 "2026-09-24T09:42:06Z")

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People worship the government because they’d worship their own shoes otherwise.

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### Author: ![MrAuthoritarian](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/user_avatar/www.ilovephilosophy.com/mrauthoritarian/32/28616_2.png) [@MrAuthoritarian](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/MrAuthoritarian)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140/4 "2026-09-24T16:30:28Z")

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You’re either for government or you’re an anarchist.

(Anarchism is stupid.)

🤡

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### Author: ![Mr\_Reasonable](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/user_avatar/www.ilovephilosophy.com/mr_reasonable/32/514_2.png) [@Mr\_Reasonable](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Mr_Reasonable)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140/5 "2026-09-24T19:28:18Z")

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Because the government is real

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### Author: ![Nausamedu](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/user_avatar/www.ilovephilosophy.com/nausamedu/32/24126_2.png) [@Nausamedu](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Nausamedu)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/why-do-some-people-worship-the-government/86140/6 "2026-09-24T20:07:55Z")

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Usually cause they benefit from the government.  
Simple as that.

Like how most feminists champion the government because it provides for them and protects them disproportionately.