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Do you think government is capable of remedy all your ills ?

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Only the collective ones.
It's problem is that it threatens to be democratic.
Nobody raised as an American wants to risk it.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Roundandroundwego Like everyone else. you probably confuse collectivism with totalitarianism. What you actually have is a democratic (more or less) Socialist (more or less) system, where Farmers, industries and the rich get support and the average Joe and Joanna dont..😷
@whowasthatmaskedman no, I'm aware that democracy is a human right. It's something that the USA will kill everything to prevent, it's unthinkable to the working american.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Roundandroundwego OK. Just about every word of that is suspect or wrong. Democracy is an artificial construct found no place else other that the human race, and rarely there. It is not a right, its a privilege. And its not a freedom. Its a responsibility to be guarded, protected and sacrificed for..And socialism simply a decision of the government to give back more to some groups in the community in favor of others. Usually the less fortunate. But in the case of America, not so much.. It is more normal to have those who benefit most from being in a society to contribute more to maintaining it...😷
@whowasthatmaskedman democracy is a recognized human right since the ancient world.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Roundandroundwego Sorry.. It just isnt..Even the ancient Greeks limited the franchase to only the right people.. And the bill of rights and constitution only applied to property owning males in the original documents. Most commonly the law of the jungle or the rule of the pack is the most common form or rule.. Might makes right. I dont like it. But thats how it is. Ask Kim Jong Un..😷
@whowasthatmaskedman it's US law since the fifteenth amendment and international law since 1948.
@Roundandroundwego but okay, America has the might to end life. So you won.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Roundandroundwego I just dont see 1948 in one nation as ancient. I see your 15th amendement and raise you Idi Amin, Sadam Hussein, Robert Mugabe, and Muamma Gaddafi.😷
@whowasthatmaskedman wow. No, that's more modern. The UN charter contains that right. Nobody knows about it any more,-. Online.
Nobody hopes for civil society or peace. Post Truth is what you do. Instead. Deal over, social animal dead. No sapiens. You win.