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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Libertarianism
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Date: Sat, 24-Nov-84 13:03:11 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 24 13:03:11 1984
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> Don't confuse "society" (which is a function of human interaction) with
> "government" which is an attempt to dominate society.  People may owe
> much to society, but little or nothing to government.  In particular,
> the government tends to claim credit for anything that happens in 
> a society, even though the society managed it IN SPITE of the government.

A good analogy would be: the government is to society as the skeleton
is to the body. It provides security and order, and makes it easier for
social interactions to occur. Speculation about what would happen if
there were no government is very dangerous, because there is simply
no precedent for such a thing. At the very least the government provides
security from foreign agression, which could never be provided in an
anarchistic society.

	Wayne