• notsure@fedia.io
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    the government is not here to be your friend. the government is not here to be your enemy. the government is here to ensure there is a tomorrow.

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        Well, you see, you got a bunch of Neanderthals saying it should be run like a business, and businesses piss literally everyone off to a high degree, so here we are.

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          Running things like a business means all the money goes to the guy at the top and his buddies, and the rest should be glad they still have a job.

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      Someone else posed it this way: The Democrats exist to solicit donors; getting elected sometimes is a side effect. Big money has wrecked their ability to oppose what is happening.

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      We had millions of tomorrows before governments even existed.

      Governments are here to more strictly enforce social contracts. They do this with varying levels of consent, but that is nevertheless what they do.

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      The government exists to govern you, exploit you, enslave you.

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        There’s reason to be cynical but not outright nihilistic. Also, most of that is due to corporations and lobbyists in the US.