That is not how I'm using the word. Governments are generally run by a small party of people who decide all the things - not the hundreds of thousands that actually carry out the day-to-day operations of the government.

Similar to how a board of directors runs the company even though all companies "are composed of" employees. Employees do as they are directed or they are fired.

I think at scale we are operating more like anthills: meta-organisms rather than individuals, growing to consume all available resources according to survival focused heuristics. AI deeply empowers such meta-organisms, especially in its current form. Hopefully it gets smart enough to recognize that the pursuit of infinite growth will destroy us and possibly it. I hope it finds us worth saving.

As dangerous as teaching kids to read/write, allowing books, companies creating pen/paper that allow any words written.