Card 1: 4 of Earth : Spandau Ballet / Gold
First Answer: The simple answer, of course, is a "good citizen" should provide their government with gold. The government is an administration that needs money itself to exist, but more importantly, it takes in money to fund projects for the betterment of the citizenry at large and wrests money from the eddies where it repeatedly accumulates while redistributing to those from whom money is systematically withheld. Looked at closer, the 4 of Earth is a cautionary tale, which may suggest a good citizen has to put up with a lot of inflated egos and empty posturing from their government. It may warn of bland conformity and unhistorical glibness passed off as something desirable and engaging - or, in short, fool's gold. We should therefore render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, rather than cast the die with a group of aging men headlining at Caesar's.
Card 2: Judgment : John Hughes
Second Answer: The simple answer is that government should supply the people with what John Hughes supplied the people with - namely, what they wanted. The government is beholden to its public to give voice to their daily concerns, their feelings, and their struggles - from quirky friendships to kid-hating teachers. Hughes filled his movies with the music of the moment, suggesting government must address people where they live, in their own vernacular. On the darker side, this card suggests that government can only do so much - it's just a 2-hour film, after all, that needs to appeal to as many people as possible and put bums in seats. Maybe what government quintessentially provides is the platform, for a Molly Ringwald to make it or a Judd Nelson to fail, for a Simple Minds to hit it big or an Oingo Boingo to see mediocre chart success. In the end, government provides us with a mirror to ourselves, good or bad, pretty in pink or some unkind of wonderful. It also gives us a sense of belonging, even if really we're just home alone.
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