alt Hacker NewsI mean what is the point of a government of its people if not to serve those who elected it? It seems bizarre that one would elect a government to benefit others whose governments could give a rats ass about us.
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pama • yesterday at 1:27 PM
Who benefited from all the years Elon Musk studied in the US and built his early companies? Certainly not south Africa.
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ImPostingOnHN • yesterday at 2:11 PM
> I mean what is the point of a government of its people if not to serve those who elected it?
How about to serve the people it represents and governs over, rather than the small, loud, fascist minority that voted for them?
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Again that’s a nationalistic point of view. For someone unused to thinking about the world as “us” vs “them” where the designations of “us” and “them” are defined by national borders it can be surprising and seem like there’s missing information. There’s not missing information there’s a values/worldview mismatch.