Would the government try to hurt an ordinary person?

>>17172888
What do you mean when you say normal person?

>>17172888
not unless hurting you will help the country.

>>17172888
Go out of their way to hurt you? Probably not.

Hurt you via negligence, accident or as collateral damage? You bet your sweet ass.

>>17172924
Kek.

>>17172888
Yes, under two circumstances:
- If a sufficiently powerful person thinks they can accomplish some greater good by doing so.
- If a REALLY powerful (and corrupt) person thinks they can somehow advance themselves by doing so.

...and that's pretty much it.

>>17172888

"The government" is not a living entity.

It's a collection of self-interested bureaucrats, power hungry egotists, self interested congressmen, bored clerks, apathetic pencil pushers, naive optimists, and everything in between.

Take off your tin-foil hat.