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The portrayal of governments as "good guys" has always seemed pretty absurd to me. The reality of it is that they're just the other bad guys, with slightly dif
by 659087 9y ago
The portrayal of governments as "good guys" has always seemed pretty absurd to me. The reality of it is that they're just the other bad guys, with slightly different but still ultimately self-serving goals.
When "collateral damage" in the form of death and suffering inflicted upon innocent people is shrugged off as the cost of achieving your goals, you're still a terrorist no matter what those goals are and which flag you plant atop the mountain of bodies.
- mirimir 9y agoThe problem is that "government" is poorly defined. Local governments, involving and affecting only people that you know personally, and operating with some form of consensus, are generally good. But at any greater scale, governments will likely be co-opted by criminals. Or at least, people with self-serving goals. It's a hard problem, because local governments need somehow to organize for defense.