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Re:Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence for Releasing Dron... by xvector on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:11AM (#28015223)
> Why are we still so wrapped up in this Reaganite semantics about "government" decades later?

because no one is calling for more private power but a ton of people are constantly calling for more government power

Re:Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence for Releasing Dron... by rtpg on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:37AM (#28015346)
Loads of people are calling for more private power! People who defend the contractor-ization of American workers are asking for private power. People who argue for billionaires to have the right to launch themselves into orbit are arguing for more private power. People who argue for letting employers pick and choose what healthcare to provide their workers are asking for more private power.

Many discussions about gov't control are usually within the context of private power already existing. Of course those same people insist on a hyper-atomization of the topics to make it less clearcut. That's why context is important folks

Re:Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence for Releasing Dron... by pottertheotter on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:56AM (#28015415)
People are calling for more private power every day. In fact, I think that if I had to pick one central theme behind American conservatism it would be that.
Re:Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence for Releasing Dron... by lostlogin on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:21AM (#28015272)
So how do you block private power if not via legislation? Legislation and its enforcement are a government power.
Re:Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence for Releasing Dron... by hanniabu on Saturday July 31, 2021 @01:01AM (#28015433)
Are you one of those people that want to shut down the USPS?
Re:Daniel Hale Receives 45-Month Sentence for Releasing Dron... by xvector on Saturday July 31, 2021 @02:03AM (#28015695)
No, but I'd like to cut my taxes in half by stopping my government from committing war crimes on innocent brown people.