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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
no, not to govern. That is such a huge misconception that is taken entirely at face value now so as to make me sick. I did not elect a king, monarch, baron, or warlord. I elected someone to protect my rights, which is what governments under this countrys constitution were created for, to protect our rights. nothing else, nothing more.
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*gameshow buzzer* Sorry, you'll have to submit your answer in the form of something that isn't akin to wishing on shooting stars or really hoping that unicorns exist because you want to ride one down a rainbow some day. The only thing that should make you sick here is that our fine republic-based society has developed into this bipartisan bullshitfest that means minimal progress for those who actually need it and that Botox'd stuffed shirts pretty much dictate / regulate just about every important (and some not) part of our lives from fuel prices for your oversized SUV to how much you pay to kill yourself with booze and alcohol to if you can still possess a privately civilian firearm (those "brutal tools from a by-gone age").
Middle school civics suggests that governments maintain order, establish standards, host civil services, and protect rights. Other stuff too, I'd imagine... the national debt has to be rocking into a squillion digits as I write this so there must be a few other things somewhere out there.
The thing that makes me sick? People who still think this country is "by the people, for the people" while crapping on their own Constitution. Not suggesting that you are... but let's get real about the
America-Fuck-Yeah complex.
When was the last time someone you voted for actually did something for you and did it involve the chess club in high school?