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Originally Posted by HarryT
The attitude that "the government is my enemy and is trying to harm me" does seem to be a uniquely American perspective (not one, I know, which all Americans share!). I've often seen it expressed by Americans, but never by a European. We may not always agree with what our governments do, but I don't think that any of us actually believe that our government is actively trying to harm us.
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Harry, perhaps you have forgotten that the US was founded on this belief, which was patently true at the time. Therefore a distrust of Govenrment is part of the US heritage.