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Feddites who live in countries with elections, do you generally feel morally responsible for your government’s actions? Why/Whynot? (kbin.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Exaggerated and made up example of what I’m curious about:

My country has legitimate elections. When my government wrongly convicts someone I feel as if I have personally wronged that person by voting for the person who appointed the judge. God will judge both me and the judge for it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Feeling morally responsible for the actions of an entire nation sounds like a great way to give yourself ulcers.

But seriously, even in a "democracy", there is too much shady shit going on behind the curtain to really hold the general public accountable for all of it.