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Originally Posted by Skybird
Well, in your naive view of government, I necessarily must leave you alone
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I disagree with you, so now I'm naive? Interesting sort of dismissal.
I respect the work you've done to make your own philosophy, but it's still just one viewpoint, and not necessarily the correct one. To me it's simple. I have the right to do anything I want, so long as I don't interfere with anyone else's right to do the same. Government has the power to block or even remove those rights. If they do so within the moral background of the law and for legitimate purposes, such as locking me up if I prove to be a danger to my fellow citizens, then they are acting on the behalf of the people. If they do so for unjust reasons, such as speaking out against the government and its policies, then it's time to start fighting again.
America may not have a history going back thousands of years, but we do have the unique position of having started from scratch* and creating the government we wanted. We also made sure we had it in writing that we reserved the right to do so again, if necessary.
*Not from whole cloth, as we did pick and choose from the best we could find.