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A government does not gain power by exercising it.
by anoncake 7y ago
A government does not gain power by exercising it.
- scarface74 7y agoThe more laws you pass where the government can decide to punish people for their own choices that don’t hurt anyone else. The more tools you give them. There is long history of public officials not applying laws equally.
- anoncake 7y agoIf you live in a country where the government decides to punish people (as opposed to the courts), you do indeed have bigger problems than advertising.
- randcraw 7y agoA government has power only if it does exercise it. If all government employees sat around all day and did nothing, the government would be powerless. The more a government exercises power, the more power it takes away from others (like the people). It's only through action that power manifests (and the inaction of others to oppose the use and abuse of that power).
- anoncake 7y ago> A government has power only if it does exercise it. If all government employees sat around all day and did nothing, the government would be powerless. The more a government exercises power, the more power it takes away from others That's bullshit. A government can't take away power from others by exercising the power it doesn't have yet. > (like the people). A democratic state cannot take away power from the people, the people cannot take away power from itself. And non-democratic states don't have a legitimate government anyway.