> the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help

That pretty much sums up the difference between USA vs the rest of Western countries.

In the US, People are protecting themselves from their own Government.

Other Western Countries, The Government is there to protect the people (and the people understand this).

... until they outlaw silent prayer?

Seems hard to enforce, no?

I imagine grandparent is referring to an incident in the UK where a man was arrested for “silently praying.” The additional context is that he was in a legally mandated exclusion zone around an abortion clinic.

It’s become a meme (sans context of course) in conservative circles since Vance recently reiterated it. Never mind that the US uses such free speech exclusion zones frequently.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/christian-bourne...

Man you need to share the whole story not just cuts here and there for narratives.

Do better.

In this case it's directly firing your voter base. It's the same with medicaid, social security and other cut proposals. Tariffs also.

People care the most about their own wallet and income. The policies have no indirection or subtlety.