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Is it normal to be constantly afraid of government? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For Context: I live in the United States of America.

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[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Both can be true. A lot of the bad is business getting what it wants in pursuit of getting All of the money. A lot of the bad is incompetent government officials legislating things they don't understand, often after "seminars" by lobbyists to "teach" them. And a lot of the bad is government officials with bad ideas doing bad things maliciously.

For example, even businesses don't want to kill off encryption but every once in a while here comes some Representative to try and do it anyway.