In the past week or so, the courts have begun to try to set some boundaries on the MuskāMillerāTrump administrationās early blitz of recklessness.
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This judicial review provides at least a small reprieve, hope that some of the administrationās most destructive impulses will be stopped. Or at least pared back. But even with the courts stepping up, and even with the reality of the administrationās ineptitude sinking in, this early MuskāMillerāTrump blitz remains veryāmaybe irreparablyādamaging. Of course, there are a lot of moles to whack: the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are being dismantled at an alarming rate, and the court system is not known for being nimble. The administration is betting, perhaps rightly, that at least some of its thoughtless, lawless efforts will slip through the cracks.
But even if the courts caught them allāand even if every court facing each lawless escapade said, āNope, thatās not a thingāāstill the entire process would be doing serious damage to our institutions. Think of it as someone spoofing your identity and going on a shopping spree with your credit cards. Even if the goon gets caught, you still have to go store by store to argue that the fraudulent purchase wasnāt legitimate and hope the debt is forgiven. And all the while, perhaps long after all the debts are dealt with, the torrent of uncertainty kills your credit score.
No, itās your opinion that the only job of government is to prevent attack and you are objectively wrong in that.
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āA country, then, needs to not only protect its citizens from one another, but it needs to organize to prevent outside attack.ā
Notice the order thereā¦ The first job of government is to protect its citizens from one another.
So, no, you canāt burn 110 mph through a school zone. Why? Government. Meat packers canāt sweep up floor waste and sell it as grade A meat. Why? Government.
These are the things government does when itās NOT protecting us from exterior threats, because the interior threats are just as pernicious if allowed to be uncontrolled.
And no, private industry is not a substitute. Why? Because thereās no profit in it. And trust me, you donāt want to live in a country where basic food safety is a for profit industry.
Government exists to do the things necessary for a society without seeking to profit from it. This is why all the idiots going āGovernment should be run like a business!ā are, in fact, idiots.
Imagine a for profit police department, or fire department, or DMV, or department of education.
ā911, please enter your credit card now.ā
One another means violent force and fraud.
ā¦ Because thatās fraud. I support the government protecting individuals from fraud.
Police are here to protect you from others, thatās what I said the government is here for.
Actually itās the left that yells acab abolish the police, abolish ice
Organize to prevent outside attack means the military should protect us from foreign enemies. So no Iām not objectively wrong, actually by your own quote you provided with a source, Iām objectively right
No, you said it was ONLY for that and youāre 100% wrong on it. Government builds streets, installs sidewalks, and street lamps, all the little things we take for granted that the private sector canāt because they canāt monetize it.
Unless you want to pay a toll for sidewalk access? Or for lingering under a streetlight?
These are the things government does.
None of that falls under your quote
Itās exactly what the purpose of government is.
You can keep repeating that but it wonāt make fall into your definition you provided