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Exactly. Government is not limited to some tightly-controlled definition conveniently suited to your anti-government rhetoric. It includes almost all means of o
by mncolinlee 13y ago
Exactly. Government is not limited to some tightly-controlled definition conveniently suited to your anti-government rhetoric. It includes almost all means of organizing society. The only social structure that doesn't function as government is unenforced anarchism, which doesn't allow for market freedom because the powerful simply take from the weak.
- baddox 13y agoIt seems like you're not reading my comments. I just said that I do not define government by a specific set of functions.
- lotsofmangos 13y agoThat hardly matters if lots of other people do.
- baddox 13y agoI'm not interested in a semantic argument. My arguments that mention government are, obviously, referring to my own definition of that term.
- lotsofmangos 13y agoHave you clearly defined this definition anywhere, so that it can be consulted to find out what you are on about, or are you winging it?
- baddox 13y agoI gave it a shot in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437083. I think this description fits pretty well with most people's idea of what is and isn't a "government," although most people probably have never tried to explain their own internal definition.