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Andrew
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Andrew asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 8 years ago

Hi, USA. Please would somebody explain why many of you believe that your government might morph into tyranny?

And if they did want to, why do you think your armed forces and civil police would support that as opposed to, for instance, arresting them?

This has confused me for the longest time. No significant number of citizens of other Western countries believe this. And of course over hundreds of years we have been right. Is it that you think American politicians are uniquely evil, or what? They don't seem to be from the outside.

Update:

Good day, [Peace Through Blinding Force] (and when did THAT ever happen?). You are entirely mistaken. The British Government (where I live) is subject to the Courts like anybody else. The Government is overruled in the High Court fairly frequently, and senior civil servants and - very occasionally - government ministers are summoned to answer to the court on issues it is considering.

This is to my knowledge true of most other Euro Union countries and is probably true of all, but I can't say that from my own knowledge.

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  • 8 years ago
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    The only people who think this is Obama's tyrannical reign are but hurt Republicans and conspiracy theorists.Our politicians may be dumb and deluded but they are not "evil"

  • 8 years ago

    Big government = small citizen

    Big governments with no restraint to their power abuse that power. Look at Cyprus today, or the Soviet Union in the past.

  • ?
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    8 years ago

    Because literally 100% of Democrats demand it do so.

    ALL other Western countries are already there. YOU are literally PROPERTY of your government as a matter of law. Your government is above the law and need not obey ANY law. THAT IS the very definition of tyranny.

  • 8 years ago

    Because it pretty much already has.

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