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[–] goatboy 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Saying "the government" is like saying "the 4chan." It doesn't make any fucking sense and only a retard believes either group is a singular monolithic friend or enemy. Occasionally, various government parts can be steered. Frequently, they can be distracted. Rarely, can they be coerced. And never will they be a singular opinion.
[–] bikergang_accountant ago (edited ago)
That's their danger. I believe that a sizable portion of the government is racist (in some way) and has no problem using government to act against races. Racist against what is a half question. If we consider that there are more than one thing different government officials are racist against we can describe each as a vector. The vectors do not add to zero. They add to something negative for everyone.
Both whites and blacks can claim evidence of genocide by their government. Both can be right at the same time. We see the drug war propagated, with measurable intention against them. It does effect all but I'm talking about attitude of government officials. We see taking away of voice based on race used against white people. If you go to genocidewatch.org and learn the steps of genocide you will see that both of these actions are steps in genocide.
The sum of the vectors is a malicious intent by the government against its people.
Don't drink the water. Poor water only takes one of three things, ineptitude (check), apathy (corrupt, so they have other things to worry about), malice (check, they don't like you). The odds that one of those things exists in any random person working for or elected as part of the government is 80%. It only takes a 10% risk before you should start thinking about taking care of it yourself.