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This is why we support immigrants, native people, LGBTQ+, disabled etc.
If we give the government the power to eradicate one of these groups, the same power will eventually be used on us.
Yep, if you don’t already want to help them because they’re people. Fair enough though, if you want to help for whatever reason, I’m in!
And of course sometimes you need a reason, because your own troubles are keeping you busy.
If we examine this dispassionately, maybe this isn’t such a useful perspective. Governments around the world use their power/capacities to educate citizens, to connect people through transportation systems, to bring clean drinking water to people, etc…
Do we want our governments to stop mass education? Do we want our governments to stop connecting people? Do we want governments to stop bringing clean water to people?
In addition, a government is a complex system. It is not linear or monolithic.
This leads me to the conclusion that we should seek more of the good stuff and less of the bad stuff.
Governments are not the only mechanisms to achieve those goals
