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I think most people in western society trust their own government to care for their welfare way more that they trust the Chinese government.

• verisimi 2y ago
  'Government' can't care. It's just an agreed upon idea, not a thing with feelings. It is a form of anthropomorphising to say it cares. 'Government' is the idea of a structure that many people believe and act as if it is true. This belief and consequent effort by so many allows it to take a material expression in our lives. Like a group of software engineers might envisage a game or solution, so for government - except way more people are involved. Neither government nor software cares though - they're not that type.
  • lukan 2y ago
    "'Government' can't care. It's just an agreed upon idea, not a thing with feelings." But it consists of people with feelings - and they can have feelings of care towards the governed, or just feelings of care for themself.
    • verisimi 2y ago
      Yes, people can care, like software developers can care, in my example. But the thing that is created (government, software) does not.
• RobotToaster 2y ago
  Arguably the American government has killed more Americans than the Chinese government...