Thanks for reminding me.
National debt. Its not my debt. Its not the nation's debt.
Its the government's debt. They incurred it. They spent it.
Bingo, that's a big one.
Not sure what specific phrases would sum it up, but I hate it when "we" are considered to be "at war" when the reality is that "we" are not. Our government is at war. I'm not. I didn't send anybody to go kill on my behalf.
Basically what both of these boil down to is that the government in fact does
not represent the people. If it did, then you
could say "national debt", or that "the US" is at war. They are their own entity, and they alone are responsible for the actions they take.
Seems like I remember reading or hear somewhere that this - this disassociation from government - is like, one of a series of steps toward something. I don't remember if it was presented as positive, or negative, though.
Oh, another one I hate... "Uncooperative" - "You're being uncooperative" or later "they were uncooperative". As in, "I couldn't pursue the investigation of the assault against them, because they were uncooperative and seemed to be hiding the full story" It really just means that somebody didn't do or say something that a police officer wanted them to, so the officer excused them self from any feelings of personal responsibility to help.