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I don't think we should trust 'the state' to force people to do anything. We generally need them to force people not to do a few really bad things (e.g. some b

I don't think we should trust 'the state' to force people to do anything. We generally need them to force people not to do a few really bad things (e.g. some basic laws), but in recent decades it feels that the concept of freedom has been under relentless attack and in an era without religion, the state is almost becoming a substitute for a god. But these days it seems that our leaders are motivated almost entirely by profit. They will not do what is best for the average individual.

bowsamic 3y ago
Do you think the state should allow parents of children to kill or neglect them if the parents want to? I don't personally and I'm happy for the state to try and save such children. There are countless other examples like this I could come up with. EDIT: the second and third paragraphs were added after I wrote this message