Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“In a democracy, people automatically become liable for whatever the government inflicts upon them. Many of the most deadly errors of contemporary political thinking stem from the notion that in a democracy the government is the people and vice versa, so there is scant reason to distinguish between the two — or to worry about protecting citizens from the government. … The ‘people = government’ doctrine is political infantilism, a ploy to shift the guilt for every federal crime onto every victim of the government. This is the political version of the doctrine of original sin; it assumes that a person is born politically damned with the weight of all of the past and future sins of his government upon his head. This doctrine makes sense only if we assume citizens are masochists who secretly wish to have their lives blighted.” (09/04/24)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2024/09/04/democracys-damndest-defamation/