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Quote by: HelioPrime  Sounds like you live in a state of paranoid fear over an evil government. |
No. But I do have a healthy amount of concern that the government can easily become something to fear.
In the real world, there are any number of evil and ambitious people who would do anything to have the power of government. Don't pretend you know so little of history that you can't think of a few nasty characters who subjugated their citizens, many of whom were ELECTED to positions where they assumed complete power. Now tell me why exactly why that can never happen here?
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The type of fear where you probably see the government as slowly trying to take control of every aspect of people's lives. And people would never know it since they control all forms of media. People who diss the government would disappear...
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Again, not that the government is doing that, but that they CAN if the right conditions are met. And you yourself are a perfect example of one of those conditions. You imply you trust our government and dismiss anyone who doesn't. NO government, anywhere, can be trusted that much. ANY organization with power over others cannot be trusted, as human nature dictated, and history proves that people with power eventually want
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In all this have you forgotten who makes up the military? Sorry but US troops would not willingly go along with any of the whacked up totalitarian fears people think up.
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I figure you wouldn't expect the POLICE to fire on people as well, eh? If troops are asked to assume the same roles as police you can figure they will too. It depends on the situation, of course, but the possibility is there.
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Jez I miss MB and the other looney gun totting ron paul fans now  |
A very mature attitude you have there.