“Common Sense” author Thomas Paine once wrote: “Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.”
Former President Barack Obama appears to have a different take than one of the Founding Fathers who shaped the American Revolution.
During his Democratic National Convention speech on Tuesday night, he accused Republicans of attempting to fearmonger by telling people that “government is inherently corrupt.” He went on to bizarrely claim the GOP believes “sacrifice and generosity are for suckers” and other strange things.
Watch:
Obama: “The other side knows it’s easier to play on people’s fears and cynicism. They will tell you that government is inherently corrupt.” pic.twitter.com/vD5XKHgkzD
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) August 21, 2024
If the institution of government is not inherently corrupt, what would the need for checks and balances be?
X users were quick to smack the former president with both reality and fact checks:
There goes Barry gaslighting his sheeple again, accusing the conservatives with everything they are actually doing, alot of it started by him. He is a dangerous, evil man. The anti-christ is somewhere taking notes on public speaking from satan’s little helper.
— JGP (@JGPAmerican62) August 21, 2024
So the party of the hippies and free love, down with the man, anti war are now trying to convince people that the government is is a highly trusted and uncorrupted institution??
— Stevo1962 (@stevo1962) August 21, 2024
Obama’s massive fortune is indisputable proof the government is inherently corrupt.
— MoronPUNdit – Aspiring Supervillain (@MoronPundit) August 21, 2024
That’s because the government is corrupt. The less power government has is better for people. This is why we have the Bill of Rights.
— ImAlive 4U (@ImAlive4U777) August 21, 2024
Or get the Govt , FBI, and Media involved in making up “Russia Collusion” and try to destroy you and have all the blue states’ DA’s go after you to jail you.
Oh wait… ooops. That was YOUR side.— ✝️KellyWolf —I LOVE GOD & I LOVE AMERICA (@ReallyKW) August 21, 2024
The guy who spent his entire life in government is now nearly a billionaire post government because of his career in government
Seems pretttttttty corrupt
— SkepticalTexan (@ASaninTX) August 21, 2024
I think our founding fathers thought the Government is inherently corrupt.
— Andrew McDirmid (@McDrip_Aj) August 21, 2024
Fear of government corruption? That’s not cynicism, it’s a love for freedom with a side of historical evidence!
— Grim News (@MadWokeNews) August 21, 2024
Govt is inherently corrupt, it’s human nature. When individuals are tasked with deciding for others, they can and will make choices that best benefit their friends and selves. its why we LIMIT govt, keep it weak to protect every individual‘s sovereignty.
— Jik (@jik447) August 21, 2024
Did the us founding fathers say that government is inherently corrupt ?
Answer:
The Founding Fathers of the United States did not explicitly state that government is “inherently corrupt,” but their writings and the structure of the government they designed reflect a deep…— 3spen (@3spen1) August 21, 2024
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