Reply #51: If you mean government in the sense of "the Republican government" [View All]

[gottaB]

I'm inclined to agree.

Maybe I'm inclined to agree anyway.

You start with the premise that deprivation, through ideological manipulations, can be made to carry meanings beyond simple lack of material goods. Deprivation can be politicized, weaponized, targetted, and used as an instrument of terror. Examples are legion.

As for the US government, I think you see that impulse to terrorize through impoverishment coming mainly from the right. Some Democrats, it must be said, have acquiesced, exploited the situation for political gain, or even themselves actively sought to terrorize the poor. In the main, however, I don't believe the Democrats endorse poor-sploitation, and many are adamantly opposed to such things.