If you say “we” when referring to government actions, then you’re taking responsibility for them.
That includes the nuclear bombing of civilian populations, the Wounded Knee Massacre, the internment of innocent families, covert coups, mass surveillance, and detention by armed agents of the state.
It’s easy to claim the good and ignore the bad. But responsibility doesn’t work that way.
If you didn’t do it, didn’t choose it, and don’t have the power to stop it, then don’t claim “we.”
That includes the nuclear bombing of civilian populations, the Wounded Knee Massacre, the internment of innocent families, covert coups, mass surveillance, and detention by armed agents of the state.
It’s easy to claim the good and ignore the bad. But responsibility doesn’t work that way.
If you didn’t do it, didn’t choose it, and don’t have the power to stop it, then don’t claim “we.”