One justification for government is that through it, people
manifest being ‘socially aware.’ This is in contrast to the rugged individualism
of profit-oriented markets.
Apart from the fact that ‘society’ is a mere
after-the-fact abstraction of individuals in the composite — rendering all
notions of ‘national pride’ as non-ends in themselves — it is neglected that
the means of government always
involves violence or the threat thereof.
Never in history has a government
acted without abridging at least one person’s freedom. It is axiomatic that
government is anti-freedom.
Luckily, society and community are not equal to
government. All our actions that do not involve threatening people with
violence are a testament to the advantage of freedom over
non-freedom/government in fostering good will among people.
But for now, government remains the delusion that
cooperation entails doing things against another’s will. Indeed, it doesn’t
make sense, but government is usually not spelled out so clearly. Not in most minds.
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