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Probably yes.
Although, I would be one of the people who could live without it, it is still needed to protect the
people and their liberties.
So, pretty much the way the founding fathers thought it should be... |
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Yes,but the government is becoming way to controlling and needs to back off. They keep putting
limits on are rights and not dividing by the constitution. |
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It has all been said, without governance, there would be nothing to stop the big bad wolf from
eating the little guy. Government is duty bound to do more, but, that is the minimum. |
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Government is the stronghold in our known universe. Without good government our society would be run
by hooligans of gangsters and that is not a good thing especially economically. |
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Governments are necessary in simple terms to avoid the problems of a free market economy. There are
bound to be imbalances in incomes of areas. The government is there to try and reduce this. There
will certainly be an over production of demerit goods such as alcohol and tobacco which have a
larger cost on society than the economic costs to the individual. There would obviously be a
shortage of goods which provide more benefit to society than the benefit to the individual, such as
education. The government is necessary to govern an economy and promote equality and social well
being. |
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Thomas Paine summed it up in one sentence best.
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable
one."
It's worth pointing out that even wolves have a form of government; a dictatorship led by an Alpha. |
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We need government to keep the country in order. Without it we'd have nothing but anarchy which
would lead to ultimate ruin. |
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Rebuttal to Verum:
"Perhaps humanity would not break out into a chaotic free for all, but rather become one rightous
society,"
A society is a form of government. A government does not need to be official like the one we know in
the United States. A government DOES NOT need to be formed from a constitution. A government is
something that all people work in to improve the state of SOCIETY. |
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I agree.. As much as i think the Government as let Britain down i still think its needed to bring
around change and keep some kind of order.. The decisions they make aren't always the right ones..
And not everyone agrees but if it wasn't the government making the wrong decisions in a controlled
way then it would be society... And yes.. The whole place would be chaos. |
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As much as I dislike the current government and the mess they are making of my country (UK), I do
believe that they are necessary.
Without a government, the country would fall to pieces! |
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As much as we love to hate them, governments are necessary for order, even if we disagree with the
order (e.g. Saddam's Iraq) |
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Consider Thomas Hobbes' theory of Natural Law. It states that man has two desires: Fear of death,
and want for power. In order for society to exist properly, those two desires need to be balanced
out. What government does is they increase our fear of death by lowering their desire for power.
The most commonly accepted way of gaining power is by committing crimes, as you are gaining control
of a situation. The government can increase fear of death by lowering their desire their power
subtlely through certain venues (police officers, lethal injection).
If government was not in place to establish those venues, then chaos ensues because people's desire
for power is too high to manage, by making subsequent leaders without any order to control them.
Anarchy is next, then some sort of apocalypse. |
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Government is essential to providing a civil way of life. Without it, undoubtedly some crazy guy
would attempt and rule over the mass of un-governed people. |
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I agree there is a need for a form of government. Throughout history tribes have had government
through village elders.
I believe the question is what sort of government do we want? I would want a Government that is free
from the pressure of outside interests and that was transparent and had integrity. I do not believe
this is achievable so we will have to make do with what we have. |
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Name a successful anarchy. Governments are needed to keep order. |
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I think we need a new form of government or a lot less..They make new rules and regulations on the
American people and we have no to very little say on things in the white house..Pretty soon ill have
to pay a fee to go to the bathroom that right i already do i pay the city... |
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Yes. But governments are made of people like us who make errors. Some errors include passing unjust
laws and murder of millions. |
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Without government, the world would quickly descend into chaos. |
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There is no question that a government is necessary, it's just getting the right people to lead that
government is the trick |
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The path of a child from childhood to a successful person is solely dependant to his or her guide or
her parents. Likewise, the success story or the advancement of a country is exclusively dependant on
its government. Without a government, a country can not be able to make progress. Government stands
there for the regulation of laws and orders of the country. It also regulates the economical
structure, provides general public services. To make the country run in a civilized way and obstruct
one from doing anything of his choice are the main feature of a government. Without it a country
will be full of chaos and could not be able to survive in the retrace. The general mass wants a
security which the government produces. They need someone to take care of their demands which are
thoroughly supplied by the government. |
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Yes that's true but the gov need boundaries cuz they think that they can do whatever and they can
get away with it. That's just wrong. |
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A certain amount of government is necessary, government is the political arm of the people, we vote
for our representatives and it is our responsibility to watch what they do and get rid of them if
they fail us. It's sad to watch so many people act like the government is this evil autonomous
entity out there that we have no control over. Sure we do, but only if you VOTE! |
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It is of course necessary, regardless of how poor the leadership is, because of the fact that humans
NEED some form of leadership. Otherwise, we simply fall into a state of chaos as everyone runs amok
trying to satisfy their own needs. We need laws and rules to dictate how we live our lives (and for
those of you that complain about the laws of your country, no one's forcing to live here, O.K.? It's
YOUR decision to live here). A structured government is what keeps society moving smoothly,
otherwise too much time is spent arguing about what should be done, to what extent, and who will
carry out those actions. |
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I believe it is necessary but i wish it wasn't. |
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I would like to add that good democratic government is necessary. There are many governments in the
world which don’t offer the due services to the citizens. Government is necessary because it is a
central body which regulates and maintains the system of the country. A few duties of the
governments for their citizens are;
Security
Free Health Services
Unemployment Benefits
Free Education
New born child scholarship
Free Recruitment Services
Free Online Libraries
Good infrastructure of roads and buildings
So you can clearly see that a government is necessary to run the system of the country. |
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Yes, of course government is necessary. It can be proved from the following points:
1) Governments maintain the law and security in the country completely.
2) Governments control the inflation level in the country.
3) Governments collect taxes from the public and then use that collection of funds on their public
for their welfare.
4) Governments try to provide the maximum health facilities to the general public.
5) Governments provide employment opportunities to the deserved unemployed people.
Above are just a few points that show how important a Government is. |
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Definitely! Government and government organizations are necessary because without different
institutions which are functioning under government, no country can proceed in developments. It is a
responsibility of a government to provide peace and stability in the society.
A government is also liable for economic problems and their solution.
Similarly government can manage the army of the country.
Judicial systems can not work without the support of government.
That's why government is necessary. |
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I believe the only thing we need is a force to true govern but not waste 500K in taxes to sit on
their ass and take pictures with babies |
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It all depends on how you apply the word necessary with the situation of mankind.
We would all still exist, we just don't know how. Its easy to narrowly predict what would happen,
but its hard to find a real answer to how our inavative species could intaract without a system of
government.
Perhaps humanity would not break out into a chaotic free for all, but rather become one rightous
society, free of war, and survive for the better of our species.
Some may argue a society lacking government will cease to create a productive system of education,
and civil services, but have you ever thought that we humans as a race would do better off.
Imagine a world where humans lived simple nomatic lives, with only concerns of food an shelter. The
lack of power and control would create a world with no war. There would be nothing to fight over. If
there was any war it wouldn't be nearly as large scale as what we have today.
If you believe of universal morals then I would think we would do just fine with no government. The
lack of technology would force us to work together and live as a species, rather than indivuals.
It's difficult to accept authority as the truth, rather the truth as authority. If mankind existed
with no government, and did breakout into a chotic free for all, it would still resemble the society
we live in today. It would merely be the difference of fighting for yourself and your own beliefs,
rather than your government and its beliefs. |
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Okay.
And I get to be the Government we can play Big Bro v.Little Serf ;-) |
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"We need government to put a society in order. Without governance, the society would be a caos"a bit
assuming but possible. Government also causes war. That farmer may hate that other farmer but does
that mean they are going to fight about it? That tribe of farmers and that other tribe of farmers
hate each other but does that mean there going to fight about it? Government is a bit more likely of
war as you are giving a guy who you don't know if he is sane or not the right to speak for you and
order you around. |
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Society is in chaos! Hello, where do you live? A new government must be developed that doesn't
force others to do its will. We are a diversified bunch, us humans, we have to do "what works" and
stop doing "what doesn't work" Americans hands are fried to the bone, because we keep touching the
"hot stove" and wondering why our hands hurt. |
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Before there was government there was man, we created government therefore it is not truly necessary
but can be helpful which is why we invented it in the first place. |
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I would have to disagree based on the main fact if people would use common sense, the world would be
a better place. |
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Not this type of sleazy and money grabbing pigs |
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Just for fun, I will play devil's advocate. (These are not my personal views).
"Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger"
-Thrasymachus
This means that those who are the powerful in a society, decide what is justice in accordance with
their own preference. They use the cover of justice to make their own advantage stronger and the
ability of the weaker to grow more powerful less likely. If any ideas for better forms of government
were to come about, then they would have very little chance of succeeding within that society. How
are we then to decide on the morality within a society if we cannot change it based on individual
opinion?
Plato expressed the idea that we are basically good and the world has corrupted us. If this is true,
then if left to our own devices, humankind would be far better off without the possibility of being
corrupted by the views of justice as decided by those in power.
All governments are justice-deciders.
Some justice-deciders are not moral things
Therefore, Some governments are not moral things
All moral things are necessary things
Some governments are not moral things(As Proven Above)
Therefore, Some governments are not necessary things
Because the title of the resolved topic is an absolute statement (implying: All governments are
necessary things) then only one particular instance of a contradictory proof will disprove the
resolution, by the Law of Noncontradiction(If A is A, it cannot also beNonA). I have proven one
instance where government would not be necessary due to the interest of moral laws and so therefore
the resolution is negated and government is in fact, not necessary. |
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