But if the government is as corrupt as you say, then why not just become an anarchist?
Because we have a method provided as an alternative to rebellion or anarchism, although those are still a legitimate option.
Why not an overthrow of the government? Why not try to get people to subvert the government if this is how you feel?
I have hope, a small hope but still a hope, that the former will not be needed.
But more importantly, if every person within the government is corrupt, then why would you vote government officials?
I never said that every person in government is corrupt, and in fact know that to be false. I worked for almost two decades in government and knew quite a few people who were actually very competent. The problem was, they were hampered by the fact that we tend to elect ignorant folk for the most part and write stupid laws. And that is the best case scenario, to actually accomplish anything while working for the government you must do it in spite of the system.
The only reason the UN exists is because of the US government, the very thing you are railing against. That hardly sounds impartial. Secondly, if the UN is an outside agency, then what gives them the authority to govern the government?
Well your first statement might be true if the US ever paid their damn bills, but we cannot even be trusted to do that. As to the second statement,
We the People would give them the authority.
Always? Like hyperbole much? I've said it maybe twice, and only because its true. Its ridiculous to assert that everyone working for the government is corrupt. If you were to conclude that, then every single person is corrupt on the same basis, even you. If that's the case, condemn yourself.
However I have never said that everyone working for the government was corrupt. If that were true there would have been no need for this Administration to make one of their first acts, removing the protection for whistle blowers.
No its not fair because its tantamount to prejudice. You are prejudging people in the government, when it was a government employee that exposed the allegations in the first place.
No, I am judging the organization. The fact is that the culture this Administration has created is one of Evil. They have filled as many spots as possible with folk that love secrecy and despise the Constitution.
If certain members of the CIA were destroying evidence, then let the US government prosecute them on that basis. Even up to the Supreme Court, who, ironically enough, are government employees.
Start at the head and directing influence, the President, Vice-President, Members of the Cabinet, Senior advisers. When the head of a corporation fails miserably and the company is rocked with scandal after scandal, guess what happens? When it is found that actions under that corporate administration were illegal, the CEO can be facing some serious jail time.
Are you ready to say that in your zeal that you overstepped your bounds -- that not everyone in the government is the anti-christ?
Well, since I never said that alleging that I did is simply another example of you misrepresenting the facts.
I mean, imagine some people in the CIA. Imagine them saying to the culprits, "Hey thanks guys for perpetuating the stereotype. We really appreciate it. Thanks to you, cantankerous souls living in Texas think we're just like you."
Good. Guess what. If this Administration had not removed the protections for whistle blowers, those people might have been able to speak out.
The problem Nem is that this Administration began with the full intent to do things that cannot stand the light of day.
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