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Well, good governance is making sure the 'basics' are taken cared of for everybody (voters want to be safe/happy, and want those who they love/care about to also be safe/happy), and then expanding out from there with policy to "move the ball down the field" of progress. But thats not how we govern currently.
The issue is that some people see 'everybody' as just their own little tribe vs everybody else, and others see it as literally everybody else besides themselves.
Then the discussions/debates get down into the mud of how much we owe it to each other to take care of each other, vs just taking care of ourselves, etc.
We, as a species, need to figure out if its "All for One, and One for All" (aka "We the People"), or, "Every Man for Themselves". Personally, I think we have the potential to be each other's 'superpower' ability, but we are a young race, and have much maturing to do still.
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It's neither... and also both.
We do need to be concerned with ourselves. If we focus too much on others, we lose sight of ourselves and can fall apart. But if we don't concern ourselves with others as well... well we get America.
It's about balance.
I would argue that its ok to take care of ourselves first and foremost, but ALSO to not stop caring after we're done with ourselves. IMO, its both.
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... so... like... some sort of balance?
No, more like both 24/7.
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