Government is not an optimal solution
Depending on government is like trying to dig a hole with a hammer. It is possible to do (I know; I have done it), but it is far from the optimal tool for the job.
Where a free society would help the less fortunate with charity and a helping hand, government "helps" them with stolen money, and then takes away their remaining dignity and lays claim to their lives.
Where a free society would encourage children to learn how to learn, "government schooling" causes a hatred of anything deemed "educational" that cripples many for their entire lifetime.
Where a free society would ignore what a person owns and carries as long as they harm no one else, a government demonizes mere possession of myriad items and substances.
Where a free society could have many competing currencies, each valuable to certain people, governments dictate the use of illusionary "money" that loses value day by day, stealing the substance of your life's work as long as you hold onto it.
Where a free society would define "justice" as making things right for the victim, government is more concerned with punishing the person its courts "find" guilty.
Where a free society would not care what is in your bloodstream as long as you could do what you committed to do, a government encourages assault and theft of blood, and perverted, quasi-sexual collection of urine to make sure you are allowed to work.
Where a free society would "assume liberty", government assumes ownership. It demands oversight and victimhood.
In all these cases, while you can make a society run by government "work", it is a horribly sick and twisted shadow of what society could be. Devised, administered, and supported by horribly sick and twisted minds.
Hat tip: Thanks to Francois Tremblay for the "horribly sick and twisted mind" he linked to.
I think this is a good example of the old quote: The government that governs the best, governs the least.
ReplyDeleteHopefully I did not butcher the quote, but the concept holds true.