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.
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.
“The government” as an abstract entity might not mean to be anyone’s “enemy,” but the one currently running the show absolutely views its own people as such.
I never set out to be anyone’s enemy. I want a peaceful life, like most people do. Yet, by doing no more than the radical act of “existing,” the current United States government has hand-picked me and others like me to be their enemies. Anyone who’s LGBTQ, female, non-white, foreign-born, science-minded, and/or financially poor is liable to be scapegoated (at best) or outright targetted by those currently in charge.
Make no mistake - “the government” might not be here to be anyone’s enemy, but this government definitely is.
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.
…and they are failing miserably
really funny considering they’re the ones destroying our “tomorrow”
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.
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.
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.
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.
“The government” as an abstract entity might not mean to be anyone’s “enemy,” but the one currently running the show absolutely views its own people as such.
I never set out to be anyone’s enemy. I want a peaceful life, like most people do. Yet, by doing no more than the radical act of “existing,” the current United States government has hand-picked me and others like me to be their enemies. Anyone who’s LGBTQ, female, non-white, foreign-born, science-minded, and/or financially poor is liable to be scapegoated (at best) or outright targetted by those currently in charge.
Make no mistake - “the government” might not be here to be anyone’s enemy, but this government definitely is.
That saying is really good when it’s not being actively destroyed
The government exists to govern you, exploit you, enslave you.
There’s reason to be cynical but not outright nihilistic. Also, most of that is due to corporations and lobbyists in the US.