governments are artficial constructs

Governments are artificial. They would not exist, if it were not for 'Many' People. If only one, or maybe two, people exist on an Island, they do not need government. What for? Of course, we are not on an island and we are not alone on the planet. That condition gave rise to the ancient problematic of the One and the Many. Hence, some sort of governing becomes necessary. But, the undeniable fact is that human beings were 'here first'. Then came government and the need to govern. The point is that government is not natural, but it's necessary. However necessity does not confer 'power' and it does not create 'superiors'. Its the People at the Bottom of the government structure that should determine who will govern them. Its similar to a corporation. A corporation has real humans behind the corporate fiction. But, the corporation is a fiction, it really doesn't exist, and is recognized as such by the law. Even the concept of the State was called a fiction. Nevertheless, artificial things are not 'born' with 'power'. They only have the 'power' that is conferred upon them by individuals and the social conditions in which they exist. In the same manner, government being artificial, only has power that was conferred to it by the instrument that constituted it, viz. the Constitution. We are fortunate to have a Constitution in triadic form. Of course, it has to function properly and no one Branch is less important than the other. Unfortunately, everything created by humans is subject to the imperfections of the human condition behind the 'Offices' that are operative. We have been given the form and structure of government; we only have to practice it. But what happens? We divide into Parties! Sure, there's ways to govern and also better ways to govern, but the issue is never about the Fiction, its about the People and their rights. You and I need to be governed, but we need to be governed in the right manner.