Paul, don't confuse my comments on not trusting governments with thinking we shouldn't have them. Of course we should have them, but only a fool would trust them.
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Who do you think gave you the Internet, police, roads, stops 10 million Mexicans invading the US, ensures planes are safe to fly on, cars are safe to drive in, drugs are safe to take, if you have an accident where ever you are someone will come and pick you up and take you to the hospital, puts out fires in your house or fires what might burn it down, clears the roads of snow, repairs the roads, looks after the forest and wilderness areas, is trying to stop piracy because no one else will do it and so many other things it's impossible to list them all.
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Most of which is paid for with our taxes. They don't do this out of the kindness of their hearts.
I no longer live in the USA and use none of their services. Zero. Ziltch. Nada. I've been on my own for the past 10 years with no problems, and plan to be on my own until the day I die. I don't want or need their help. Yet, they still demand I pay taxes to them. So if nothing else, they only take from me, not give.
"Safe drugs" and all that other nonsense, is exactly that, nonsense. I don't know about your government, but mine is bought and paid for by corporations. The corporations decide what drugs are "safe" and which ones are not. And those that are not, they ship to Africa and SE Asia to poison people who's government is also corrupt.
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Life would be a lot worse without a Governing body at the top. Now that Governing body can be Obama and Washington or the Generals like in Burma or Syria or The USSR and a Stalin type.
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I didn't say the world should be without them. I said I don't trust them and personally don't rely on them, nor want to. The more they leave people alone, the better.
Sure, if African gangs were cutting off arms of people who wanted to vote for Ron Paul, let the gov step it and clean it up. But that doesn't mean I should trust them, they are just doing what they are supposed to do, and it's paid for partly with my money.
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Don't think you can get by on your own. You can't. You need Big Brother to make sure Bigger assholes don't fuck with you.
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Again, I didn't say the world shouldn't have them.
I don't need big brother to take care of me. I don't live in Somalia. But even if I did, I'm just not the type of person who would rely on someone else to help me. I'm not the guy they are going to have to rescue from his rooftop after a flood. I'm the guy who took the warning and got the hell out of dodge.
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No Government is perfect, if you want perfection. Buy an island and build it yourself.
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I've been an expat a long time with no complaints. If I had the cash to buy an island, I would. I'd call it
Barebackistan.
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Government is all you have so be thankful.
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You an old Nazi or something?
The government is not all you have. The government will shit on you. Your health, family, and friends are all you have, and even those can shit on you.
Maybe because you're older and depend on your government to take care of you, you see things differently, but I ask nothing from mine, nor will I ever, even in my old age. Let me be and I will take care of myself. But in the event something tragic happens, like Burma invades and rebels are shooting up my city, the US will use those tax dollars I have been giving them all my life to maybe assist in getting me out of here. But truth be told, by the time they got their shit together I would be long gone.
Thanks for the internet, paved roads, and my passport, but please leave me alone.