Yeah, not so much government, but western scientists involved with government.
But it boils down to the same damn thing, which is this, in a nutshell.
Government bombards the population with all kinds of threats to life and civilization.
(Climate change, rising seas, global pandemics, and pretty soon gun violence) what’d I miss?
The same government offers itself as the salvation from these same problems.
All that’s required of me is give up some more of my freedom and some more of my money.
Is anybody else starting to detect a pattern here? eek
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"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden