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You're not wrong. We've lost the plot on what value government provides. It should be about community. People having agency and coming together because we see o
by vlan0 2y ago
You're not wrong. We've lost the plot on what value government provides. It should be about community. People having agency and coming together because we see our selves in our neighbors.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoYes, we also lost the plot on what government should be. It should be a tool for positive some collaboration, on projects that most people can agree on. It should not be a club for beating each other over the head. I can't get an Obamacare protest poster out of my mind that sums up how democracy fails. It raid "If you shove this down our throat, We will shove it up your asses". This isn't to say democrats started it, but emblematic of the failure mode.
- vlan0 2y ago>Yes, we also lost the plot on what government should be. It should be a tool for positive some collaboration, on projects that most people can agree on. It should not be a club for beating each other over the head. And how we get there is through empathy for one another. Like full on Mr Rodger's love your neighbor.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoSure. I just dont think the role of the government is to enforce that.
- vlan0 2y agoAbsolutely! It requires all of us to have agency and reach this on our own time. A direct quote from Fred Rogers "There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it."