Originally Posted By: sini
There is huge difference between "lets make money by lying" and "maybe black is white" - that difference is intentions. Government doesn't start out with malicious intent.
This is perhaps the biggest fundamental difference between us. You believe that intentions matter. I believe that results matter.

You are also making the assertion that government is altruistic and most of the rest of us recognize that this is just plain wrong. Government is composed of people and and all their flaws. All government really is is a massive machine of force used by a few to force their views on the many. You're right that our representative government has mechanisms in place for the citizenry to enact change, but that requires the citizenry to stay informed, and, by in large, ours doesn't.

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