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It never did, in US we are self-governed, that was the whole idea.
by stass 9y ago
It never did, in US we are self-governed, that was the whole idea.
- 1_2__4 9y agoPedantry is unbecoming.
- stass 9y agoIt's not really pedantry, I'm not picking on the words, but the concept. Many here, especially a lot of people coming from places with a strong government, decry the fact that US government does very little and seemingly can't make progress. This is by design: US institutions are setup in a way so only absolutely non controversial initiatiaves would pass, while the rest would be handled by citizens themselves or smaller governments on a regional level. Such governing structure was the fundamental innovation made at the time the US was established compared to the old tyrannical governments of the past, and I find it appalling that many people here, many of whom call themselves progressives, completely miss that fact.