What is “Government”?
Posted by freedomforall 1 year ago to Politics
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"Society is built upon such natural, organic and non-coercive relationships – which are built and maintained on the basis of mutual agreeability. Tensions may arise but they can never percolate to the degree they do under government, because people are free to not partake of relationships – whether personal or business – that do not suit them, with no other justification necessary for ending them than exactly that.
Government negates that – via the assertion that you have no right to not associate, made by people who – in society – would quickly find that few if any would wish to associate with them, as almost no one likes a busybody or a bully."
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imo, government is a tool for evil to gain power over honest people.
"Society is built upon such natural, organic and non-coercive relationships – which are built and maintained on the basis of mutual agreeability. Tensions may arise but they can never percolate to the degree they do under government, because people are free to not partake of relationships – whether personal or business – that do not suit them, with no other justification necessary for ending them than exactly that.
Government negates that – via the assertion that you have no right to not associate, made by people who – in society – would quickly find that few if any would wish to associate with them, as almost no one likes a busybody or a bully."
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imo, government is a tool for evil to gain power over honest people.
Competent people don't run for office because they don't have to.
Politicians are worthless so all they can do is bark orders at others.
established to protect Rights of Man given to us by God
not create them
not to become the parasite it is now
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America's real problem is not government, it is lack of self-government. When people are encouraged not to govern themselves according to the rules of a polite society, you will get a tyrannical government. Look at any Democrat and you will see a person who attempts to substitute control over others for control over themselves. And when you put in power someone who can not control himself/herself, you get a government of tyranny. One need look no further than George Washington to see a real example of self-control and self-government. He was the only man in history who declined massive authority because he knew he had all he needed in his simple farm.
the Jan 6th political prisoners could not be reached for comment
the problem is that those that swore Oaths to stop this kind of thing have so far sat on their hands watching sports
I am not arguing that governments are perfect. Governments are tools and their ultimate use and control is determined by the people being governed and the leaders in that government. The original ideals which formed the "more perfect Union" which originated the United States of America included several unwritten ideals. Not only did the Declaration identify core rights such as Life, Liberty, and Property (original Declaration) but the unmentioned core principles of self-government, self-discipline, equality, opportunity, hard work, etc. These principles have been abandoned by a large portion of the electorate and pointedly eschewed by those who currently occupy power in our government. Why? Because those values conflict with their desires for power.
Governments are a symptom and emblem of the people they serve. The rot goes much deeper than government.
Contrast this with the early days of our nation when self-control ruled the populace and as a result their elected representatives. This is not to say that government was not without its few bad apples but some Founder's observation about government and angels comes to mind... ;)
Fortunately the good apples created the Bill of Rights to slow down the corrupt.
We, the People, are the ultimate control over government power, and we forgot to do our duty.
Now it will take a lot more effort and probably a lot of dead and wounded.
It's easy for us to criticize people who lived >200 years ago and have no applicable context. Personally, I believe that to be unwise as it licenses similar judgement in our day by current bad actors.