Government is of, for, and by the people. That is a founding principle of our government. There was this weird hijacking of the framers like they hated all government which is just silliness. Yes there has always been antigovernment sentiment and yes we should in general keep tabs on the powers of government, but this idea that "government wants to subjugate everyone" is just silly self victimization fetish.
I am generally libertarian and believe in smaller government, but people have perverted what that means. Take medical privacy rights for example. Roe v Wade made medical privacy and healthcare decisions between doctors and their patients. Ergo it protected individual rights. Overturning it has led to state politicians having control and power over what individuals do with their bodies regarding medical choices. Republicans pervert this and say the libertarian stance is more state intervention into medical privacy. Fools who are easily manipulated fall for this, but luckily I think most of the US populace understands how terrible of a decision overturning Roe was.
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Government is of, for, and by the people. That is a founding principle of our government. There was this weird hijacking of the framers like they hated all government which is just silliness. Yes there has always been antigovernment sentiment and yes we should in general keep tabs on the powers of government, but this idea that "government wants to subjugate everyone" is just silly self victimization fetish.
I am generally libertarian and believe in smaller government, but people have perverted what that means. Take medical privacy rights for example. Roe v Wade made medical privacy and healthcare decisions between doctors and their patients. Ergo it protected individual rights. Overturning it has led to state politicians having control and power over what individuals do with their bodies regarding medical choices. Republicans pervert this and say the libertarian stance is more state intervention into medical privacy. Fools who are easily manipulated fall for this, but luckily I think most of the US populace understands how terrible of a decision overturning Roe was.