• lemmyvore
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    202 years ago

    But it’s the job of the citizenry to stand up to this stuff, not the state.

    So what’s the state for?

      • @[email protected]
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        112 years ago

        Nah. Our state should do more and better things than that.

        I like having a space program, for example. And education for all

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            2 years ago

            A space program is not optional in today’s world. As is education, among a huge number of different things

              • @[email protected]
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                12 years ago

                There are many schools of thought on what a government is for or should do and most people do not ascribe to the notions you are presenting as fact.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    12 years ago

                    It doesn’t matter what you think. Governments are expected and set up to do much more than that around the world and that’s because that’s what their intents are. It’s not just those three things. If what you said was true, we’d have had no meaningful progress on anything.

                    You can deny it all you want, denial ain’t just a river in Egypt

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      The function of a properly constituted government is to prevent other worse governments from forming.

      • TehPers
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        12 years ago

        This doesn’t define what a properly constituted government is though. Any government can prevent other worse governments from forming, all they need to do is massacre their citizens and there will be nobody left to form a government.