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One rationale for limited government is that there is a direct, positive correlation between the power ceded to government and the incentive to control/steer th
by gwright 5y ago
One rationale for limited government is that there is a direct, positive correlation between the power ceded to government and the incentive to control/steer that power. By limiting the power of government you reduce the incentive to usurp or corrupt that power.
An extreme example of this would be a dictatorial regime where control of the government becomes a life-or-death concern for warring groups.
- etherael 5y agoI agree, that's what I'm getting at. But instead contrast that idea with the more broadly accepted one that it's wealth that's the problem not power even though the former seems like a much more accurate description than the latter. Maybe it's just a bug in humanity; control the world with this one weird trick.