> > The role of government is to protect the weak from the strong, and in order to do that, unfortunately, government has to be strong. > Have you read about t

> > The role of government is to protect the weak from the strong, and in order to do that, unfortunately, government has to be strong. > Have you read about the history of the US? Segregation? Laws against interracial marriage? “Sodomy” laws to persecute homosexuality? The Mulliford Act? Government often does terrible things outside their role, a fact which I clearly acknowledged as a problem in my post. > Historically the US has only “protected” the majority. The same is true today if you look where the “War on Drugs” is taking place compared to “treating drug addiction like a disease” is taking place. The US is also one of the worst examples of a government. I think if you look at where addiction is being treated as a disease in other parts of the world, you'll find that those places have pretty powerful governments. > “Powerful corporations” can’t take away your liberty or your property. They can't take your liberty away because government says kidnapping is illegal. Corporations absolutely take away people's liberty when it's legal to do so: corporate prisons, mercenary corps, etc. In the past, when slavery was legal, it was corporations who obtained, sold, and often kept slaves. I would argue that buying up all the property, paying you a pittance, and forcing you to pay rent, so that you can't obtain property in the first place, isn't meaningfully different from taking away your property.