Comments | devinam: Interesting perspective

devinam

Interesting perspective

Jan 21, 2009 14:00

I've been having an interesting interaction with my cousin on Facebook regarding our new administration. sort of. He's very much a republican, and I'm very much a bleeding heart liberal, so we usually have interesting discussions. This one is short, but I'm curious as to your take on it. Do you agree with him? with me? neither? it's an ( Read more... )

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Not to mention... greymalkin January 21 2009, 22:47:59 UTC

this particular leader was never actually elected in the first place. Or the second.

But I digress.

You both have valid points of view. As your cousin (and Obama) points out, the government is not the country. The government merely controls the country. (That's what "government" means.) So long as the government acts in a way that reflects the will of the people (as ours is supposed to), then the government is representative of the people, and of the country. If our government acts in a manner counter to the will of the people, then it no longer represents the populace - but since it controls the nation's resources, wealth and military, it does represent the country, just as the government and military of any fascist dictatorship represents the country it governs ( ... )

Re: Not to mention... devinam January 21 2009, 23:06:00 UTC

interesting points...out of curiosity, and perhaps to play devils advocate, what *could* we have done to remove W? i think it took 8 years for *most* of the US to realize that he just wasn't fit to be the president. but still, about half the country voted for him. TWICE.

Re: Not to mention... greymalkin January 22 2009, 00:15:28 UTC

Less than half of the country voted for him. TWICE ( ... )

Re: Not to mention... devinam January 22 2009, 00:48:05 UTC

All good points. yeah, the extent that I "did" anything is not voting for him or anyone who supported him. Realistically, that was all I was willing to do, while i watched the people in power continue to make foolish decisions.

I still think that even though I didn't *do* anything to remove him from power, i can be ashamed of what my country is doing.

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devinam January 21 2009, 23:04:11 UTC

i don't think he was a fan of clinton.

lemurkitten January 22 2009, 16:08:31 UTC

if this is the cousin of AM's that I'm thinking, than yes, he is pretentious.

devinam January 22 2009, 19:55:42 UTC

no, the other one. His brother. ;) not your former roommate.