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Is it normal to be constantly afraid of government? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For Context: I live in the United States of America.

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm in Canada and I work for the government lol

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you afraid of yourself? Half of your brain might be trying to oppress the other half.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I'm afraid sometimes that a new government will get elected and ruin my job. I see lots of this happening in provincial governments where a new conservative government comes in and immediately starts gutting government operations. I work in a science area and the last time the conservatives ran the country they gutted science funding in a way that we're still recovering from.