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I want to be left alone (2024)

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179 points car | 2 comments | 03 Sep 25 01:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pbreit ◴[03 Sep 25 01:36 UTC] No.45111332[source]▶
How people feel about the government.
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satisfice ◴[03 Sep 25 01:39 UTC] No.45111359[source]▶
Not how I feel. I like government. I want to be left alone WITH my government-- who I think of as my fellow citizens trying to do their best.
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bdangubic ◴[03 Sep 25 01:43 UTC] No.45111390[source]▶
amazing there are still people like (I mean this sincerely!) who think this way. fellow citizens trying to do their best is about as far removed of realities of my government (usa) that it is almost surreal reading your words
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1. ericjmorey ◴[03 Sep 25 01:52 UTC] No.45111448[source]▶
There were a lot of people trying to do the best they can and doing great things until Trump started fucking that up by firing them. Now there are 10s of thousands of people getting paid not to do what used to be their jobs. and many more not getting paid at all. Trump's attacks on competency are going to be felt for the rest of our lives.
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2. satisfice ◴[03 Sep 25 09:20 UTC] No.45113785[source]▶
I know. Someone people are so distrustful of the government that when they take it over they MAKE it untrustworthy to retrospectively prove that they were "right."