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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Let me try again by quoting myself from the last post.
"And everybody is certain that their way of life is the only one that matters, and willing to cause as much collateral damage in other peoples lives (that they don't even acknowledge exist (or matter)) as it takes to implement their vision of how people's lives should be run?"
That's why the fear of the idea of government in the US. Nobody trusts that people with other moral/ethical/political viewpoints will limit the reach of their implementations. Think that's silly? Or limited to the founding of the nation in the late 18th century? Well....
In 1920, after intense 30 years of lobbying, the possession and consumption of alcohol was made illegal in the US. Unfortunately, a majority of Americans drank alcohol. They're still making movies about the criminality spawned by that law. Repealed 13 years later.
From 1933 to 1975, it was illegal to own gold in the US (other than jewelry sold at a price at least 10 times the price of the gold contained.) Why? A president made a decision. Period.
Apartheid? Yep, legally sanctioned from the 1890's into the 1960's.
Shall I go on?
All these, and many others, are reasons why Americans fear government. Look at many of the closed minded comments in this thread. Would you like to live under their implementation? I wouldn't.
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Yes, I think I would like some more examples. Isn't the government supposed to be representative of the people? Would it then not be the people who sanctioned these things you mention?