tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post1443388638855881369..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: No Society Without GovernmentSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-16330775920090821682009-12-22T12:58:45.632-05:002009-12-22T12:58:45.632-05:00Considering how high the violent crime rate is in ...Considering how high the violent crime rate is in this country, do you really think the average person would be better off without a form of government? Of course, there would be no criminals, since without government there are no laws. There would be no "rights", since there would be no body to authorize/guarantee/protect those rights. As long as human beings are imperfect and flawed beings, government is necessary. It only becomes a necessary "evil" when we allow dishonest, corrupt, amoral people to run the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-65013438833684742542009-12-22T11:33:38.638-05:002009-12-22T11:33:38.638-05:00d., for "the governed" read "the pe...d., for "the governed" read "the people," not "society." The same acts of consent that create society also create and legitimize government.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-45307628076201338202009-12-22T11:03:54.692-05:002009-12-22T11:03:54.692-05:00"no society without government"
And yet..."no society without government"<br /><br />And yet at the same time, government presupposes society for its legitimation in the form of the "consent of the governed."d.erishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-52872144510334545232009-12-21T19:25:32.959-05:002009-12-21T19:25:32.959-05:00Exactly. I strongly recommend the last issue of Ge...Exactly. I strongly recommend the last issue of Gentlemans Quarterly with a wonderful article on Ayn Rand and her adolescent followers of all ages.troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.com