fncceo
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Grown ups? So you are saying man does not need government?
A certain amount of government is inevitable.
The question is, do intelligent men and women need to be governed?
Why do we need government? Is it not to "protect" us?
And what does intelligence have to do with it do you think?
Really, the issue is morality and freedom. A free person must exercise moral constraint so as not to violate the freedom of others, otherwise, the society must impose it on them in the form of such things as prison or fines.
In other words, monitor your own actions in a moral fashion or the state will be forced to do it for you.
There is an old saying. My right to swing my fist ends at someone else's face.
There is a huge difference between making laws against harming others and making laws against possibly harming oneself.
Laws that regulate how much palm oil we have in our snack foods, what books we can read, who we marry, or even how we choose to die.
Once a person reaches maturity, it should not be up to others to tell him or her how to live their lives.