"Hurr durr America bad" is the standard trope on Reddit. Most people on HN are pretty well informed of the less than nice things the .gov has done over they ye

"Hurr durr America bad" is the standard trope on Reddit. Most people on HN are pretty well informed of the less than nice things the .gov has done over they years even if they bury their heads in the sand when advocating for expansion of government scope on <insert personal favorite issue here>. And the right has their own laundry list of reasons the government is not to be trusted. Those people have nearly zero trust for pretty much any gun-toting federal agency. I wouldn't say that people are "oblivious". I'd say that people are divided on how to fix the issues.