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What is your opinion on the infamous Kennedy quote "Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."?

I think it is horrific.
It encourages, if not demands, unquestioning subservience to the state, while simultaneously shaming you for expecting anything in return.
Clearly, in a self proclaimed democracy, whose government is elected, and bound by the will and wants of its people, you should ask what your country can do for you.
Especially in a capitalist society, it should be clear, and deeply ingrained in its populace, that everything is transactional.
If you do something for “your country”, your country must do something for you in return.
Quid Quo Pro.

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