Horrible name - the Federal Government of the United States is not "the People".
I disagree. It is indeed "government of the people, by the people, for the people". You may not like some particular people, and neither do I: Some are dumb, corrupt, or simply disagree with me.
But if that doesn't represent the people of the U.S., I don't know what else could. If they were non-corrupt, all smart and highly capable, and all agreed with me - that would be some other country (in a fairy tale).
It's not government of, by and for me. I want everyone else to have a vote too, even if I disagree with them.
In theory at least, and it certainly should be. Often it looks more like a government by the millionaires, for the corporations. But there's increasing attention for turning that around, and this project looks like a small part of that.
And you think it is normal? Why not gov.us? The US are always giving lessons to the world, but do not even understand that we --the other parts of the world-- would like to have some minimal level of fairness.
Because creator privilege and because life is not fair.