> Someone working for the government can't legally kill or imprison you because they don't like you either. In developed democracies, if you are a citizen, bec

> Someone working for the government can't legally kill or imprison you because they don't like you either. In developed democracies, if you are a citizen, because of the tight restraints put on government power. Those restraints are, historically, a very new idea, and they are hardly universal even today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforced_disappearance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforced_disappearance