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Why do so many people hate the US federal government?

[barsonme]

Hate is a strong word. People tend to like or dislike it more depending on whether they agree with the people who are in charge of it.

I think, at its core, the negative attitudes stem from it being a “one size fits all” approach.

Plus also a sense of detachment since state and local governments are what people interact with 99% of the time.

[Slava_Propanei]

Because federal bureaucrats are effectively an occupation government with views and goals wildly different from the citizens