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the main function of the govt is to redistribute. Absolutely not. That's communism, which never does - and never can - turn out well. The USA was founded on t
by ctdonath 7y ago
the main function of the govt is to redistribute.
Absolutely not. That's communism, which never does - and never can - turn out well.
The USA was founded on the main function of gov't is to protect individual rights - that each knows & serves his own interests better than strangers.
- bonoboTP 7y agoBut then what? Roads and police, that's it? It seems like many Americans view the government as some external entity that imposed itself on the people and now the people have to keep them in quarantine. A bit like how we felt in Hungary when the Soviets were sitting on us. They came in and now are taking our stuff away. But a country's own govt isn't supposed to be "those guys who came in and took our stuff for themselves", but rather a network of institutions that help organize society for things where market forces are not appropriate for several game theoretical reasons.
- foogazi 7y agowhat makes you think society can’t organize itself? The state only exists for protection of its members: military protection from other states and the monopoly on violence with a system of law internally Overtime a lot of stuff just gets tacked on