Do you think the Goverment controls too much?

The goverment to me controls alot of stuff and is pretty powerful!So is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Would it be better if the goverment did not control so much stuff in our lifes?Would we be more free?
What do you guys think?and don't forget to vote!JM 💃

Yeah... Things like narcotics should not be controlled by the government. It is a person's own choice what they do to their body, no matter how stupid what they're doing is. Same with abortion. I also don't like how the government can watch me literally 24/7 if they want to.

Originally posted by Jackie Malfoy
The goverment to me controls alot of stuff and is pretty powerful!So is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Would it be better if the goverment did not control so much stuff in our lifes?Would we be more free?
What do you guys think?and don't forget to vote!JM 💃

One simple question:

What kind of Government are you referring to? Communist? Democratic? Totalitarian?

The US government. Whatever it is.

Yes, of course they do. They control us more than we like to believe, and some people like to tell themselfs that they are free!! Weeeee!

No, not really. Government takes a lot of freedom away from us, and the rest of freedom we have left, the society takes away.

yes, the government controls too much. but we, as a society, are too stoopid to practice whatever freedom is. if you even take away the slightes technicality in a law, it wil be exploited to the extreme. imagine what we could do with "freedom"

Originally posted by Darth Revan
The US government. Whatever it is.

I get it now. Well, as an honest answer...no. The U.S. Government might restrict certain things. But in reality is the Interests Groups (that's right kiddies go check Political Science and search for them) and certain organizations do want to control everything I read, watch, and listen to.

Do I have freedom? to a certain extend yeah, I do! This morning I went to buy a cup of coffee and no one stop me from buying it. The other day I walk into a porn shop and no one stop me from entering (I did had to show I.D.). Last Week I was reading some aphorisms by Engels and no one stop me from reading. So is that freedom? For me it is.

Its interests are money.

Bravo WindDancer i agree with you.

Number one government has the power because we gave them the power we elected them do you think you could do a better job.

Lil if you want to see a country where no freedom is allowed go to North Korea. Like i said in this country we are allowed to protest but in other countries we can't.

Also Lil what are you doing to make society better please tell us!!!!!

Originally posted by ash007

Number one government has the power because we gave them the power we elected them do you think you could do a better job.

Thats utter bullshit, and anyone can see that just by reading it. But yeah id do a better job.

When i rule the world....hmmm...it doesnt look very good for the most of you!

Originally posted by ash007
Lil if you want to see a country where no freedom is allowed go to North Korea. Like i said in this country we are allowed to protest but in other countries we can't.

Also Lil what are you doing to make society better please tell us!!!!!

OMG!

You couldn't get a clue during clue-mating season in a field full of horny clues if you smeared your body with clue musk and did the clue mating dance!!

What in the hell are you talking about?! You are allowed to protest, is that how far your freedom goes?

I agree with Lil... And the other thing is, at least here, there have been several incidents in which people were arrested for virtually no reason at all during totally peaceful protests.

The only freedom we have is the "illusion of choice"... we may have small freedoms in our day to day living, but as soon as we try change anything we get things like this

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And that thing about the Gov't having power comes from comes from Locke's view of man in the state of nature and the role of gov't... The government only has power because we give it to them.

We enter a social contract with those who govern us, and while we haven't signed a "contract" we implicitly accept the contract because we haven't left. Anyway, in this Lockean view the government has this power that we gave it, but no extra powers that exceed this idea of Man in the state of nature, meaning that we are not allowed to shoot someone because they steal from us... so the gov't isnt allowed to either, etc.

Basically when we enter this contract we know that we won't be completely free, we know that in order to give the gov't power, we actually have to give up certain rights... ie: not shooting someone who steals from me, but giving up that right to defend myself in order to allow the gov't the power to police and apprehend criminals and punish them for us.

The problem with gov'ts now though is that they are over stepping this power that we have allowed them. Fighting unpopular wars, limiting freedoms of speech and rights to freedom of assembly, rights to privacy, etc.

*exhales*

Or... this:

http://www.freesherman.org/Zac%20Speach002.mp3

^Zack de la Rocha talking about a guy who got arrested for having something on his website... Interesting stuff

Everyone thinks the goverment control the country well let me tell you somethig thay dont, the goverment are only puppets to a more powerful organisation, polotitians are payed by this higher power to deniy everything but i know the truth, this higher power controle everything you do including live or die if you become a threat you all of a sudden go missing........

Wow, sounds like a certain somebody is a little paranoid 😐

Uhh is this a trick question? thats like asking is the color of grass green. 🙄

Originally posted by Filth
Everyone thinks the goverment control the country well let me tell you somethig thay dont, the goverment are only puppets to a more powerful organisation, polotitians are payed by this higher power to deniy everything but i know the truth, this higher power controle everything you do including live or die if you become a threat you all of a sudden go missing........

I know this is kind of off-topic, but did you know that they internet watches you while you sleep?

yeah they control the taxes on alcohol so yes they control too much

Originally posted by Darth Revan
Wow, sounds like a certain somebody is a little paranoid 😐

Yes i am paranoid but its true, the goverment controle nothing, nothing i tell you!

They control the laws....that's just about it.