Sometimes, however, when I was a little girl like you, he would tell me a story of Earth. Like you, I would ask questions. The impression he left with me is that government was a kind of collective delusion. In fact, things have not changed much on Earth. This belief that people are incapable of living in peace seemed to be justified.
Earth has a long history of war, oppression, and violence.
Well, from themselves. Mommy, that's silly. You have to place your mind into their context. This is not easy to do. Earth is very different from Mars.