Originally Posted by
aggroculture
I'd really love to read a concise history of how the "government" became the catch-all bogey-man that it is today. The generalized enemy of the people.
The government is us! Those are lawmakers we elect.
I suppose it goes back to the US revolution against the UK.
I feel this is really central to this whole business because the idea that is always invoked is that no no no we need guns to protect us from the government.
USA: get over it already. Stop killing each other with guns you don't need.
Yes, the environment, the workplace, modern life sucks etc. Can we try to change that without going postal? There are other ways.