Should the People be afraid of the goverment?

Question

Should the people be afraid of the goverment, or should the goverment be afraid of the people?

What do you think? Right now, i am afraid of the goverment, and I am very sure they have no fear of us. What do you think?

Answer 1

"All men with power ought to be mistrusted" James Madison

The government should fear the people because this is government of the people, by the people, for the people.
But, when civic participation ends the people loose their power. That is when the people should fear the government.
I suppose it depends on how many people are civicly active, if none, then we live in a dictatorship, if all then we live in a republic. Like it was meant to be.

Answer 2

I do not trust the government, I think there is a lot of conspiracy and cover ups. If you said something to the wrong person your life could be over as you know it, you might go to prison or disappear. And what about the stock market going so high really for no reason, Maybe someone is tampering with it and one day it will crash. How about the high fuel prices, what better way to control the economy. Its wiped out my forestry business that was dependent on fuel and shut the mills down. And if your a tree hugger and are glad about it I hope you don't live in a wood house or use paper or toilet paper because that would make you a hypocrite.

Answer 3

In the United States, the people need to fear the government because the government obviously is afraid of the people and is slowly implementing ways to subdue them. Look at all the measures to control and monitor the people that have been put into effect.

Savings and checking accounts now have to be reported for deposits larger than $10,000. It takes money to mount a rebellion to overthrow an abusive government and if the government knows where the money is, it can squash almost any rebellion.

People have to be able to move about quickly and freely in order to organize a rebellion. Now there are extensive records of our movements. The government now can find out who goes where and when. Again, a necessary means to stopping a rebellion.

If the government decides you are a "combatant" you can be locked up with no right to see a lawyer or even a judge to contest the charges against you. Bet you thought that would only be used on terrorists didn't you? Think again!!!

There have been numerous reports of problems with the new electronic voting machines. That should tell you they are not reliable and are not to be trusted. An abusive government could alter the results to suit its whims. It may already have done so!!

Gun laws are creeping in. We need to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill but it is getting harder for the honest citizen to own guns. And all new guns must be registered so the government knows who has them and WHERE they are. The average citizen has no need of a fully automatic assault rifle but, citizens seeking to overthrow an abusive government would need them. The citizens would be totally outgunned by even the National Guard if ever there was a need to stage a rebellion. What chance would the citizens have? That is what is slowly being done to U.S. citizens and they are accepting it in the name of "SECURITY".


Benjamin Franklin showed the depth of his wisdom when he said, "Those who would surrender freedom for security deserve neither."

And that is you citizens of America. Surrendering your freedoms for the sake of security. It will cost you dearly one day because you stuck your head under the blankets and thanked God you had a vigilant government protecting you from the boogey man.

Answer 4

Your fears are justified. We have seen over a very short period of time that the old laws have been pre-empted by measures that allow people to be held indefinitely, torture is now allowed, internet services are monitored, in short the US is creating its own Gestapo. There are probably even more that we are not aware of But the government uses a series of smoke and mirrors to get away with the subornment of freedoms...they, like a magician, misdirect our attention. The illegals focused everyone's attention, away from other things. (I always wondered if the Homeland Security, the FBI, Border Patrol and local police were really doing their jobs, how such a vast number walked in?)

Answer 5

The answer is yes. Government is applied to two groups, if it's being done right. Laws apply to criminals--the minimum they have to commit a crime and the maximum the government can do to the criminal for certain offenses. Regulations apply to citizens--the minimum you have to do to get the government on your side, the maximum you can claim by doing some sort of creation and claim. That's not what's happening now. Both parties are talking public interest--which means totalitarianism. The Republicans say we have a government of "laws"--to to them we're all criminals. And the Democrats talk about interest group rights--which is less bad but not good enough to stop the Republicans. My advice: "Be very afraid".

Answer 6

Benjamin Franklin once said:
"When government fears the people, it's liberty; when people fear the government, it's tyranny."
Under the reign of the Bush administration, we should absolutely fear the government because it has forgoetten its role as servitor.
Bush & Company has turned America into a police state where citizens are presumed guilty until proven innocent. Bush has tarnished America's reputation as a world leader and global peacekeeper. It's no wonder so many nations now believe they need their own nuclear weapons of mass destruction; it's their only defense against the bully Bush - and the world's newest 'evil empire' - the United States of America.
We have the Constitutional right to bear arms against an oppressive and tyrannical government. Now is the time to begin a second American Revolutiion.
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Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and ALL 535 members of the most evil, arrogant, incompetent, contemptible, cowardly, corrupt Congress in U.S. history should be tried in an international tribunal for crimes against humanity. If convicted, they should ALL be hanged right alongside Saddam Hussein.

Be afraid....be very afraid.

Few Germans believed Hitler could conduct the atrocities he did. Few Russians believe Stalin could inflict such terror on his own countrymen. But their propaganda machines convinced many decent people that it was 'acceptable' to murder 6 million Jews and other 'undesireables'. Their propaganda machines convinced otherwise moral citizens that it was 'okay' to kill fellow Russians just because of what they said or what they wrote.

The Nazi-inspired conservative media today (especially Fox "News" and Rush Limbaugh) have made a mockery of our right to free speech. They allow no discourse, no opposing points of view, and no debate. It's only a matter of time before Limbaugh will persuade his ditto heads to 'accept' the criticism, abuse, torture and even murder of those who don't subscribe to the conservative agenda. Anyone conservatives dislike will soon become targets, including: homosexuals; street-corner drug addicts; welfare recipients; the homeless and elderly; the sick and disabled; liberals; the hungry and the poor; unwed mothers; and anyone else not fitting the conservatives' idea of a perfect political and social persuasion.
But, of course, Limbaugh will applaud his peers, including: wife beaters; pedophiles; corporate welfare recipients; prescription drug abusers; millionaires and billionaires; conservative talk-show hosts; white collar criminals; alcoholics; chief executive officers; and anyone else who fits the conservatives' idea of a perfect political and social persuasion.
Should we be afraid of a government that manipulates the press and intimidates its citizenry? You bet! Not only should we be afraid, we must also be brave enough to stand up and refuse to allow such tyranny to continue! -RKO-

Answer 7

Any government anywhere has always had the power to snuff you or anybody they want. Keeping the government weak is a matter of survival. America has the largest prison system in the history of the world and most of the people in are there because of victimless crimes--they didn't hurt anybody, they just broke somebody else's idea of what's nice behavior. America also has the longest sentences in the world, and it is getting worse. The masses love it. But then, the masses of Russians loved Stalin and the masses of Germany loved Hitler--having a huge massive cruel prison system makes them feel safer. Until they get dragged away.

Answer 8

I think the People should be very afraid. When people are in power they are able to make things be....bad or good!!!!! Right now things are looking pretty bad!!!!!!!
The Constitution.....what's that? Something put in place years and years ago......the people in power are not the same as the people who wrote the Constitution.....the world is a much different place!!!!

Answer 9

I've been threatened a couple of times here that 'secret service' people will spy on me for my posts. Although at first the idea is laughable, I eventually come to be wary of a government with a security force armed with an unlimited budget.

Answer 10

If it is a limited government with limited powers there is no need to fear it. On the other hand if the government becomes unbound by a "living constitution" that has no real meaning or no "controlling authority" then there is much to fear. And the consequences of elections becomes more and more important.