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Comment by donkeybeer

14 days ago

American government is the biggest threat to American citizens, not the Chinese. (Just as the Chinese government is the biggest threat to Chinese citizens, not the American.)

This is what the founders realized 250 years ago. They did a pretty good job with a constitution to limit government power. Not perfect though. I wish they had been able to foresee the risks of power-accumulating career politicians and had term-limited them. They thought the voters would reject abuses of power but turns out that voters will vote for promises of free stuff.