You do realise that the USA is supposed to have a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”?
In my view there isn’t enough responsibility taken by US citizens for their government, certainly stemming from a lack of general citizen engagement in politics in the USA , so it might be actually helpful to remind people that their government is their responsibility.
And if you really believe what you've written, feel free to disclose what government(s) you answer to and what you've personally done to right their wrongs.
To your last sentence, first, yes I believe what I've written. I am an Australian citizen. I personally don't think I do enough to "right [our] wrongs", but that doesn't stop me believing in the principle of democratic responsibility. I recently have gone to a Climate Change protest, voted, and donated 10% of my salary to helping people who deserve help but aren't getting it from our government. Day-to-day I also avoid participating in activities I believe are wrong but which are made illegal/regulated in my society (eg. eating meat).
But again, the above is kinda besides the point. I believe in democratic responsibility so look first to question what I'm able to do rather than blaming some third-party, and wouldn't complain about "you guys chose..." phrasing.
Oh come on. A simple slogan is hardly evidence that we're all individually and collectively responsible for the things our government does.
We the People. Not "We the currently elected and appointed politicians and bureaucrats."
You might as well say that someone in Germany should take more responsibility for the actions of the Catalonian separatists. It is on its face ridiculous. There is literally nothing I can do about, say, the governor of a state not stepping down when he loses an election.
The US has a representative government which the voters have influence on, but they don't get the final say.
Even in a dictatorship the people are partially responsible for what they didn't stop from happening.
It's not like "I was in the minority, so I have no responsibility at all".
How do we feel about German citizens in the 30s who went on doing their business, knowing what was going on, and merely "disagreeing" with it?
At best they were cowards. At worst they were enablers...
Rather the opposite.
You're trying to make the "looking the other way" citizens into victims...
Heck, even citizens in an authoritarian regime share responsibly for its actions - if they didn't do anything to oppose them.
Merely disagreeing with the actions, or minding their own personal affairs, don't absolve of the responsibility.
We should think of them the same way we talk about those Germans who knew what was going on (re Jews, camps, etc) but kept their mouth shut, tended to their families and jobs, and pretended it was business as usual.