Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp...
by Frondo on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:19PM
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I'm OK with this, if you stop thinking of "the government" as a monolithic entity, where everyone who enters into government work becomes "one of them". Groups within agencies, maybe even entire (small) agencies, sure.
But "the government" as a whole is far, far, far too large and diverse for this to make sense. You've got so many different levels and units of government you're lumping in together that it just doesn't make any sense. Is the city councilperson no longer "working for you" when they change garbage service from every week to every two weeks, and add a recycling program? Weekly garbage service is my right as an American!
It's too shallow an analysis, it's like a conspiracy theory--like the way medical conspiracies try to get you to think that your run-of-the-mill doctor is conspiring to keep REAL medicine out of your hands, etc etc.
But small groups of, or a handful of shell-game power players, even in high up positions? Sure, I can buy that.
But "the government" as a whole is far, far, far too large and diverse for this to make sense. You've got so many different levels and units of government you're lumping in together that it just doesn't make any sense. Is the city councilperson no longer "working for you" when they change garbage service from every week to every two weeks, and add a recycling program? Weekly garbage service is my right as an American!
It's too shallow an analysis, it's like a conspiracy theory--like the way medical conspiracies try to get you to think that your run-of-the-mill doctor is conspiring to keep REAL medicine out of your hands, etc etc.
But small groups of, or a handful of shell-game power players, even in high up positions? Sure, I can buy that.