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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)

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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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[–] mhague 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I feel culpable for my governments actions. I mentally frame it as "my government" and "what we did" instead of the more common "the government" and "what they did."

I feel it's the only way to be a good democratic citizen. We speak reality into existence and I refuse to speak myself to the sidelines of self-governance, even if it means feeling culpable for the terrible actions of my government.