&quot;France is a democracy&quot;<p>But that does not mean they&#x27;re a victim, if you&#x27;re a french citizen who elected a government that then went on to do ABC that does not mean that you as a citizen supported that.<p>&quot;represents the people of France&quot;<p>What does that mean though? does that mean that if a government that i elected goes on to do awful things, represent me?<p>Governments do horrific things their citizens don&#x27;t support from time to time, i don&#x27;t think that the US government represented all americans when they decided to drop atomic bombs in 1945.