Creative Writing: The Struggle Against The American Government

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The government has done a lot for our country such as providing a good livable society by keeping everything under control.
Many like to rebell against the government, in which some would say is like rebelling against God for reasons that the government has rules for a reason (to keep the country from destroying itself) and keeping people in check where as making sure nobody gets stolen from, murdered, threatened, selling drugs, nudity in public, and so on. The government holds up prison to limit and help secure into making these crimes less of a problem. For Americans, you hear a lot about our “rights” that include the right to remain silent, freedom of speech, to carry weapons, right to education and so on, but the reason we have these

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