bleachbits said:
this sums up how I feel. I'm proud of what the U.S used to be. I love my country, but not the goverment.
Pretty much the same. I love the US but I just don't like the government either. It can feel safer BUT the safetyness of an area in the US or west in general depends on the population, income, what crimes happen there the most, and where (maybe if they have police that do their jobs too). Look at New York/Cali+hoods/ghettos vs small towns and suburbs. In New York and slums, because they have no police or they're corrupt, there's a lot more crimes there than there would be in small towns or similar. I'm not sure but correct me anyway because I know people's experiences are different. The government doesn't do much to help their own citizens and they dickride Israel like their life depends on it...Dude, can the government stop dickriding them for a second and think about the citizens and may be go to countries that may help us and are for us, Israel ain't one of them. It's kind of the reason why I have great skepticism towards the government. I don't get why being anti-gov or a critic of it is bad yet I'm pretty sure the government did a lot of horrible things on the people like MK-Ultra and whatnot.
Hell sometimes the government will do things they sought to stop but they'll do it anyway because "they're doing the right thing and stopping crime" while doing the same thing that criminals do.