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> Why is there so much distrust towards the government, police, and military in US ? Isn't the US the oldest democracy ? The US became a democracy in no small
by fennecfoxen 12y ago
> Why is there so much distrust towards the government, police, and military in US ? Isn't the US the oldest democracy ?
The US became a democracy in no small part because there was so much distrust towards the government, police and military right there at the get-go... and the distrust of the system that is built into the system (the whole three-branch, checks-and-balances system) is one of the reasons it has never veered off into a deranged dictatorship like, say, ancient Rome.
(I mean, the power and longevity of the FDR administration was pretty insane -- probably the closest we got to that -- but nothing like Julius Caesar).