BobbyBrown567
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Thanks, mate!
The thing about government is we lack a personal relationship with it like we would with maybe family members or friends, so it’s easy to get someone in government who wouldn’t care about our freedoms (of course there are family/“friends” who fall in this category too, but it’s not as prevalent with respect to the average person). If you think about it, a family unit thrives on socialism (we have one or two breadwinners working for the entire family’s need), but a government won’t because we lack that common, personal bond that we feel obligated to retain.
The same can be said with censorship; parents can apply censors to get the best from their kids, or friends can do it; whatever. If the kids don’t like it, they can move out when they’re 18 or whatever. But when a government does it, not only can the family not control it, but the government, once again lacking that bond, can use it as a means of power and control. This point right here is why I say the government’s not your friend; the government’s there to enforce things that would otherwise be a disaster in a private system (such as justice). To tag along with that, the government shouldn’t need to do this, as we all have access to porn blockers and our own censors.
Yeah I definitely agree there, there is little to no relationship with governments, and I think because they deal with data and statistics etc, it takes away the sentimentality of problems. Like I could read all about, say, heroin addicts, but it wouldn't be the same as somebody taking me to go and talk to one and really getting that personal account of things. This I think is something governments should strive more to do and you're definitely right about the power stuff, I mean what is a government if it can't control it's people? I suppose the solution is to put people in place who will handle that power the best.
I don't know if you've heard of a guy called Michel Foucault but I think he'd be right up your street as he talks all about power and institutions etc.