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Governments shouldn't take care of people. People should take care of people. (Over course, we should take care of ourselves first but that doesn't always work
by zappo2938 9y ago
Governments shouldn't take care of people. People should take care of people. (Over course, we should take care of ourselves first but that doesn't always work out.)
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoPeople taking care of people on an individual basis doesn't scale up very well.
- splitrocket 9y agoStrange, is the government somehow not made up of people? This line of reasoning is so strange, like government is some sort of alien being, not an institution of the people, for the people. Taxes are how you buy civilization. Voting is how you decide what sort of civilization you want.
- chronic193 9y agoAnd what happens when the people minimize paying taxes and stop voting? See: the US.
- zappo2938 9y agoI read "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau[0] in my early twenties and have been miserable ever since. "I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least' ... But, to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government." [0] http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper2/thoreau/civil.html http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper2/thoreau/civil.html