Whilst we're on that topic, you have that right because your government legislated it. How evil of them! :O
If the group of people called "government" believe we need their permission to have the right to free speech, they are mistaken. Also, again, it's not "my" government; they are just a group of people. They don't have the right to tell me what to do just because they say so.
I'm emotionally and irrationally attached? Not really, I just understand how the real world works. I would rather have a government keep society in order than the chaos that would ensue from anarchy.
Government doesn't create order, organization and mutual agreement does. It's government that creates chaos by creating an incentive for people to invade and overthrow it to claim the power for themselves.
You can call it evil as much as you like, but that's not fact that's your opinion.
It's a fact. When a group of people labelled "government" are automatically entitled to part of their subjects' incomes regardless how they (the government) spend it, of course they will use more of that money to pursue their own interests and agenda than the public's. When the "government" is seen as having the right to legislate out of thin air, of course they will create laws that benefit them and their connections more often than not.
Quite frankly though, I'd rather have a government I have the ability to change occasionally making sketchy decisions that an ungoverned society where people can and do whatever the hell they want because there's nobody policing them or running things.
You think the fact that you can vote matters? The bankers, corporations and other elite are laughing at you if you do, sorry. Also, people "won't be able to do whatever the hell they want" because they will still understand basic principles they should abide by to live worthwhile and meaningful lives. There will still be organization, and people will defend themselves and others against others who are violent and/or violate their rights.
You think that the government is immoral?
Not only that, also the fact that people believe they have
the right to be immoral when they commit their acts under the name of "law" and "authority".
That's a common trait in humans and I'd rather have a small number of supposedly immoral people held accountable by my vote than an entire society of miscreants with no accountability.
People would still be held accountable without "government", just not by a group of people claiming the exclusive right to tax you and decide what people will be held accountable for. It's ironic how taxes to pay for the police are mandatory, but joining the police is voluntary.
I'm not endorsing evil, I'm endorsing logic. Something that your posts don't possess a lot of at the moment.
I'd love to see you try to explain how wanting a group of people to tell you what to do, even if you disagree with some of their laws and how they spend your money, is logical.
Again, you seem to believe that Government is some sort of curse laid upon us by aliens instead of a structure created by us humans; and that if Government were to be removed, suddenly everybody would be nice and respectful to each other...
Why does everyone who advocates for "government" think that everyone who doesn't believes we are perfect? I know we're not perfect, it's not a secret.
...without realising that Government was developed by us to begin with because, back when it didn't exist, we humans... weren't nice nor respectful to each other.
And we still aren't. By the way, we can organize and decide how to interact in society without government. The only element government adds is the ridiculous idea that the people in government have the right to engage in immoral acts because they are "authority". They are authority because they have extra rights over those they are ruling; without it they are just normal humans. If all normal humans already inherently have the right to live in a good manner, such as by being virtuous, kind and productive, and if they already have the right to defend themselves and stop aggressors in an appropriate manner, what rights are left that only the people with "authority" have? The right to be immoral.
You are essentially advocating for human society to go back millenia.
No, government doesn't create the knowledge we need for essential moral principles and technology to live in a modern, civilized society.
And even a society with no "Government" and no "laws" will always have some sort of leader, invested with the authority of her fellow citizens trusting her judgement to overcome challenging situations.
Leaders are different than rulers, in the sense that they don't have the right to force anyone to follow them. If people want to give some authority to a leader in some circumstances by voluntary choice, that's fine. Government is not voluntary, and everyone under its jurisdiction has to abide by the laws it passes regardless of whether some people object or not.
There is no such thing as "consent of the governed"; How does living or being born on a piece of land suddenly give the right to a group of people to 1) claim they preside over a vast amount of territory and 2) tell me what to do? Also, only I can consent to anything, other people in society can't consent for me to be ruled by "government". The same applies for every individual.
After all, every company has a Government of its own (CEO, Board of Directors, intermediate bosses, etc.). Should those go as well?
CEO's can't force their employees to work for them if the employees want to quit when they become unsatisfied and don't believe their conditions at the company can improve. "Governments" force all the laws they create on their subjects. If you're going to tell me that I can move to another country, the "government" where I live will charge me $2,350 to do so just because they say so. Sounds legit.
