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[–] luckyguy 3 points 3 points (+6|-3) ago 

None at all.

[–] [deleted] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

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[–] putinpunhere ago 

But we can create the best government.

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[–] SarMegahhikkitha 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

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[–] go1dfish 4 points 2 points (+6|-4) ago 

The lack thereof.

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[–] iamrage [S] 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

See this is interesting. People who are saying there shouldn't be any government are getting downvoted by one or multiple people, but I don't understand why. Do the downvoters think that we cannot survive without a governing body watching over us? Why? If those downvoting could reply, it would at least give us their perspective on it. Please?

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[–] youser 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

It's because they can't fathom how voluntary cooperation could ever happen without a government there to force cooperation. It can be hard to get past 25years of indoctrination in a government based system.

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[–] putinpunhere ago 

Well I, support a minimal semi-aristocratic government... Just so they can deal with shit that ordinary people either can't or won't handle.

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[–] frankenham 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

I've always imagined a life like minecraft where we're all just free to do and create as we please would be near perfect. No need for government telling us we can't cross the street or collect rainwater without a threat of being locked away like an animal.. We're all intelligent people, an easy going lifestyle with small villages would practically eradicate poverty and crime imo.

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[–] trucking_foal 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My perfect government would be the one I naively thought existed when I was a kid. A Just, fair and righteous governing body that prioritized on each persons individual rights. A constitutional republic.

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[–] Codewow 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago 

Truly I don't believe there is a "perfect" government. I think democracy is probably the best in theory, but unless it's used as it should be and not corrupted by people wanting to control everything for their own gain, it's not worth it. But maybe I'm looking at it wrong.

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[–] trollification ago 

This is exactly why there is so much division in the country right now. The reality is that there can never be a perfect version of government. The basic notion of government is in and of itself negative - so any other iteration of it is just going to be negative. The issue is was people consider to be an "acceptable" level for that negativity.

A lot of people now feel more government is better - more control, more laws, more agencies, more oversight etc. I generally believe that smaller/lesser is better. Less babysitting, less bureaucracy. Goverment's purpose should be to maintain shared infrastructure (roads, bridges, tolls, libraries), provide for common defense (military, national guard, border security) and ideally manage a currency (backed by real value). other than that, individual states should be allowed to govern themselves.

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[–] Hektik 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Democratic Socialism. If man wasn't corrupt this would be the best of both worlds. Minimist Capitolism for the "rich" and a social net for the poor. Add in the original 20yrs(-) for patent rights this from of government would be the best.

Capitalism is still rewarded but taxed, Patents are still protected. In one life time or a few the innovation is there to continue R&D. Essentially, you can't have full capitalism and full communism as a gauge of equality. Corporations controlling gov't is neither democratic nor socialism for the uneducated.

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