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This comment is the product of a cooked brain. You're so hopped up on conspiracy bullshit, that you can't tell fact from fiction anymore.
The US Government is absolutely massive, and it's made up of normal people that you interact with on a regular basis without even realizing it. And just like people, it can do good and it can do bad. Removing that nuance is just ignorant.
The US government used to take black people, tell them they were getting free medical care, and instead gave them syphilis and purposefully refused to treat it to watch the disease's progression.
The US government, via the CIA, decided to infiltrate every national news outlet in order to influence what stories were published.
Both of these are proven facts, the last one is from declassified CIA documents.
Yes, there are some normal people in government. But the US government has done some of the worst actions of any group in history.
I am well aware of the atrocities committed by the United States government.
The overwhelming majority of government employees are just regular people working 9-5 desk jobs that don't involve anything nefarious whatsoever.
Likewise, the overwhelming majority of scientific breakthroughs come from government funding. The scientists and administrators that make that shit happen aren't bad people.
This shit is far from perfect, and we have a horrific and bloody past (and present, and likely future).
But there is nuance. You need to recognize that there is nuance. The world is not black and white.
Assuming you're lgbtq and still in the US, based on you being a blahaj user, those ordinary people are going to remove your right to marry, get medical care, or live openly as a member of the lgbtq.
Ordinary people, not evil people, not ideologues.
You need to recognize those ordinary people you trust were the ones to carry out some of the most evil acts, and all of them believed they were doing the right thing for the greater good. Or don't and suffer. At this point some of you class traitors deserve what's coming.
It's like you are purposely missing the point.
You're right. Government bad. Government does nothing good and provides nothing for anyone. The world IS black and white.
Let me guess, taxes are theft...
No, governments can be great. Fantastic even. Not fascist governments.
The United States, having just elected capital to have exclusive state power, is fascist.
Yes, now. BECAUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL.
You literally just proved my point.
No, it's been that way for longer than you've been alive, unless you're in you're 90s.