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Really? Why the hell should I volunteer to work for one of the richest governments in the world? What are they going for? The wealthy and bored housewives? I h

• idiotsecant 3y ago
  We are the government. It's just people. The more rural and remote you get, the more this is true. There are countless volunteer search and rescue, firefighter, food distribution, etc in rural areas who volunteer to help because they want to improve and safeguard the community. This is the natural state of humanity, it just gets weird once you have enough people in one place that you need to make abstractions like 'government' instead of 'joe who has a snowmobile and does s&r for the town when needed'
  • pierat 3y ago
    That's not true. It's an organization made up of people, but is something distinctly different that individuals. Again, I made a point to say I'm for actual volunteer work, but doing so for a organization with trillions of dollars not even accounted for is laughable. Joing a group for SaR is completely different than a job and not paid. And, at the same time the federal government is begging for free labor, they're selling our national parks to Booze Allen Hamilton for $$$$$$ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37549569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37549569