[ALawPoker]

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so you're saying the american people who are ostensibly the ultimate poitical power in the US bear no responsibility for atrocities or war crimes or just the general killing and suffering of US wars?

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Hrmm?

I'm saying that the way we think about situations when we are experiencing them first hand is very much different (and better) than the way we think about them when we stereotype a situation (which is what you do when you vote) and ask someone else to act for us.

EDIT: If you're determined to talk about foreign policy, I think whatever "crimes" you could attribute to the US government is VERY MUCH the responsibility of people who vote. They're making an error. They're not necessarily likely to harm you personally, but they apparently ARE likely to deflect harm to you by asking other people to do it.