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Sorry about that, I usually assume people are my age and were alive and voting at the time.

• Fjolsvith 7y ago
  Even if we are, we may still not be responsible for the government's actions. The US is run by majority rule, so when something is decided, it doesn't necessarily reflect the will of the whole citizenry.
  • spaced-out 7y ago
    The US is not run by majority rule, the most obvious evidence for that is that the person who got to most votes in the last presidential election is not the president. If you want more evidence, look at the shape of some of the Congressional districts to see how politicians can pick their voters so that their election is a foregone conclusion. The US has a representative government which the voters have influence on, but they don't get the final say.
  • coldtea 7y ago
    >Even if we are, we may still not be responsible for the government's actions. The US is run by majority rule, so when something is decided, it doesn't necessarily reflect the will of the whole citizenry. Even in a dictatorship the people are partially responsible for what they didn't stop from happening. It's not like "I was in the minority, so I have no responsibility at all". How do we feel about German citizens in the 30s who went on doing their business, knowing what was going on, and merely "disagreeing" with it? At best they were cowards. At worst they were enablers...
    • amanaplanacanal 7y ago
      It sounds like you are blaming the victims here. Were the Jews, gays, Gypsies etc. in Germany also partially responsible?
      • coldtea 7y ago
        Were the Jews, gays, gypsies spared and privileged because of their race, and carried on living as if nothing bad is going on, turning a blind eye to the atrocities? Rather the opposite. You're trying to make the "looking the other way" citizens into victims...