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minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoWho is “we” and “us” here
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·1 year agoAh. As a citizen of the US I dont use “we” and “us” when referring to the US state.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·1 year agoBecause it is not necessarily great to subsume your identity to an empire
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·1 year agoAnd that’s what you’ve decided this is?
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoWhy else would you speak of the US state as if you were a part of it, with “we” and “us”?
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause I’m in it. What do you want from me?
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoYou’re in the US government?
Who is “we” and “us” here
US us.
Ah. As a citizen of the US I dont use “we” and “us” when referring to the US state.
So?
Because it is not necessarily great to subsume your identity to an empire
And that’s what you’ve decided this is?
Why else would you speak of the US state as if you were a part of it, with “we” and “us”?
Because I’m in it. What do you want from me?
You’re in the US government?