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Comment by forgetfreeman

5 months ago

> Why is your starting point not the default for most reasonable people - that the government is literally people from that society trying to manage their own affairs and to help each other when possible?

Because the government (at both state and federal levels) has been not this for several decades now. Legislative capture is wild stuff.

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