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Originally Posted by Lothar5150
only half of Americans show up to vote
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Right. I meant most
of all Americans appear to regard politics as alien to themselves. They are not equal to the politicians, and they, the American people, don't
contain the government.
The libertarian toolset irks me because it's so well equipped to handle government as a property of the people. Do machines own it? Or God? Yet libertarians talk of government like it's another person. They don't participate and then conclude, "Well, I'm raising my taxes this year." Not even a "we". They pout or even hint at rebellion. That flies against the spirit of democracy, and it spells perpetual marginalisation too.