I keep telling people that you dont want to move to the EU, especially the more western part of the EU
this is why

@theorytoe
Drew: demands more government
Government: fucks over Drew
Drew: RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@newt which is why I don't understand why people think this way.
The government *isn't* going to have your best interest in mind. Why in the world would you want *more* of it. I also find that people that share his political alignment are retarded beyond repair so guess that's the justification I'm looking for?

@theorytoe @newt
> The government *isn't* going to have your best interest in mind.
No one's ever going to have your best interest in mind! But the state is at least legally obliged to — it does not always work like that, it can be corrupt, it can be inefficient (and imposing too much control of course makes everything inefficient), but the though that it's pure evil designed solely to fuck you over is as wrong as expecting them to bend backwards to serve you.

@m0xee @theorytoe the state isn't obliged to do anything, because state actors face virtually no consequences for their inaction.

@newt @theorytoe
In theory they should, groups with different interests should exist, and they should be fighting each other to win your trust. I reality however, they often join forces to pillage us together — that's the definition of corrupt state.

@newt @theorytoe
Again, this can happen without them being the state, what if instead of living in a libertarian utopia and breeding cows, some groups join forces, take their sawed-off shotguns and start stealing your cows? And they aren't even doing anything wrong when there is no state and there are no laws 🤷