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In reply to the discussion: I'll ask it more simply: can the government be trusted? [View all]Martin Eden
(12,864 posts)A major strategy for the rightwing corporatocracy is to drive a wedge between The People and their own government ... to make the people believe our government is a quasi-foreign entity not to be trusted. They repeat the mantra of Saint Ronald Reagan: government isn't the solution, government is the problem.
While I agree that we should not trust in secret survelliance programs -- putting power in the hands of men rather than the rule of law -- I think the key to protecting our liberty & privacy is to embrace the principle that We The People ARE the government and therefore it is up to each and every one of us to engage in the Constitutional process of representative democracy to make the changes we believe are necessary.
IMO Ronald Reagan was dead wrong: government IS the solution, becaue IT is US.
(that's why I passed on voting)