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Are Democrats right about Government control?

I'm starting to think that in 1, maybe 2, generations the majority of the population will
be OK with being told what to do, as long as they are provided basic needs, like Food,
housing, and health care. I think many people will give up, and give in, to the government
control, that many of us are fighting against. As a baby boomer, I have never received
unemployment, food stamps, or anything else I didn't work for. I believe the majority of
kids in school now, that don't have parents that help them, will be dumbed down to the
point of letting the Government control their lives, much like China.
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Persephonee · 22-25, F
Well if you don't want street lights, police, healthcare (yes even in the US) firemen, paved roads, a navy, an even vaguely educated population, safe (if not healthy) food, protected resources, and the ability to enforce property rights without killing someone, you don't need government control.

Otherwise, get used to it because it's called living in a civil society.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@Persephonee Those things come from the taxes I have been paying for over 50 years.

What happens when the government tells you that you can't live where you want? You can't travel where you want?
You can't work where you want?
This the control China has over most of it's population. Once they take over they will send the low skilled American kids that were pushed through school without passing grades, to the Chinese factory's, while the educated Chinese kids will take their place in the U.S.
Persephonee · 22-25, F
@DogMan What makes you think the US government is remotely capable (never mind being inclined) of doing that? I'd be much more worried of unregulated technology corporations arrogating to themselves that power and the government being incapable (or un-inclined) of stopping them!
DogMan · 61-69, M
@Persephonee I'm talking about when China takes over in a couple generations.
It will be around the same time a Gen Z kid is put in the White House. 20-30 years.
I will be very old, but still alive.