The US government _always_ abuses any powers they are given, either through arrogance or through incompetence: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/08/21/fbi-suspected-william-vollmann-was-the-unabomber/ …
@MammaPixel I would suspect yes, but I am not familiar enough with the history of all other governments to say so definitively.
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@cmuratori the origin of governments is seriously interesting stuff - heartbreaking sometimesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori US government seems to be constantly heartbreaking though. So much potential for good, wasted :(Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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