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Why would you need a government, even a democratic one, if you had no intention of restricting any individual's freedom?
by Vi0 8y ago
Why would you need a government, even a democratic one, if you had no intention of restricting any individual's freedom?
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoIndividuals are generally trustworthy. Groups generally act like sociopaths. There's a difference between restricting the freedom of all individuals and restricting the freedom of some individuals. Eventually you have to draw some lines (e.g. not letting people murder each other).
- Vi0 8y agoBut don't laws that apply to all individuals inevitably apply only to some subset? Most people have no desire to murder others and so are basically unaffected by a law forbidding it.