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I think we may have a different view on what the purpose of a government is. Would you be ok with the military forcefully entering a tech company, pointing guns

I think we may have a different view on what the purpose of a government is. Would you be ok with the military forcefully entering a tech company, pointing guns at the employees, and forcing them to do something? Because in my opinion, that is precisely what the law does, in an abstracted sense. Also, I have absolutely no interest in a government keeping people "safe." That sentiment only leads to license for governments to violate privacy and control the lives of private citizens.

JohnFen 4y ago
> I think we may have a different view on what the purpose of a government is. Perhaps. I also suspect that we have a different view on what government actually is. > Would you be ok with the military forcefully entering a tech company, pointing guns at the employees, and forcing them to do something? I think representing all actions of government as being the equivalent of this is reductionist to the point of absurdity. From my point of view, there will always be (and has to be) rules about how we interact with each other. The question is who will develop and implement those rules. Call it a necessary evil if you wish. I prefer those rules be developed and implemented by us, collectively, because then we have at least some amount of influence over the process. If it's not done that way, it will be done by powerful entities such as corporations (or, in a maximally degenerate situation, warlords or mobs), where we have little to no influence over the process.