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How about we work to make the government small and weak enough that it doesn't have the capability to commit large-scale human rights abuses?
by clarkmoody 10y ago
How about we work to make the government small and weak enough that it doesn't have the capability to commit large-scale human rights abuses?
- divbit 10y agoThe problem is that there is more than one government in the world.
- idlewords 10y agoThis seems like a laudable goal, but what are concrete steps that would help make it happen in the next year, say? Because that's the time scale we're up against with policies like mass deportation.
- comicjk 10y agoThe US government, no matter what its size, has been capable of large-scale human rights abuses throughout its history. How small do you plan to make it? As small as it was under Andrew Jackson?
- krapp 10y agoThen you have two problems: large-scale human rights abuses by private interests, and small-scale human rights abuses by the government.
- curried_haskell 10y agoThe problem is we need _something_ like government to advocate for, and protect the safety and interests of the people. Something that has teeth. Because without it, we, and our land, and resources, will be raped.
- jubalfh 10y agoHow about we make everyone a monarch and everyone's house a castle?