VAMatt said:
If you have studied history at all, you'll know that nearly every major travesty perpetrated by man has been done in the name of government. In turn, those governments generally claim they're doing it for the safety, security, or betterment of "their people". Religious persecutions, ethnic cleansing, chemical weapons attacks against civilians, caging of humans simply for possessing marijuana, separating children from their parents and jailing them for crossing of borders, and a nearly endless list of other crap - all done "for protection", or some other bullshit. |
I couldn't disagree more. Biggest travesties were committed in the name of religion.
Regardless you are not gonna convince me that the state isn't a thing, because it is and it is the society we have. You can pretend you are above it, but no one is. We are all part of it wether we like it or not, and the role of the government, the law Is to protect the population.
You are not looking out for people. You are defending throwing them to the lions. If companies had their way they would kill people for money. They need regulation. And this is regulation. They need to be kept in check.
Do you even realize you are defending Anarchy? No one is taking anyone's freedom away. You are the one voting people in. It's democracy.