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Who wants to live in a police state?

home says

Who wants to live in a police state?

Can I live somewhere with a functioning government and no police state?

There's never been a good government.

@home Are you a new user or just a retooling of an old user? Which one?

home says

Americans are so fearful, brainwashed, dependent, or ignorant that they think like children and justify every law and overlook every abuse carried out by the government. They believe government workers are gods who can do no wrong. ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC

About half of what you are saying in this diatribe is correct. Now, why did you not post your thesis/diatribe up front. Then we would at least know what it REALLY was you wanted to discuss.

Here is the real problem: You cannot have a good government when the election system does not support electing good people.

joeyjojojunior says

Can I live somewhere with a functioning government and no police state?

Yes.

home says

There's never been a good government.

There has never been anything beyond scratching out a short miserable existence without government.

Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.