• Socsa
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    7 months ago

    The problem with this is that in a free democratic system, government is something you do, not something which is done to you. You can’t just pick and choose which aspects of government you like. Part of the social contract is that if you want clean water and plumbing and shit, then you agree to abide by fair democratic consensus. If you don’t, I suppose you are free to go live in the woods.

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      7 months ago

      You can’t just pick and choose which aspects of government you like.

      Right, which is why libertarians what to limit government to just essentials so we have more money to choose which optional programs we take part in via the free market. People still collaborate outside of government bodies.

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      7 months ago

      The problem with this is that in a free democratic system, government is something you do, not something which is done to you.

      It is both.