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The government is allowed to use violence. Mistakes with violence are extra bad. Therefore we should limit what the government does to the bare minimum.
It'd be better to keep those as far away as possible from the ability to use violence. the government shouldn't do them. someone else should. take violence seriously!
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What about all the non-violent things the government does?
It'd be better to keep those as far away as possible from the ability to use violence. the government shouldn't do them. someone else should. take violence seriously!
see also
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> What about all the non-violent things the government does?
You mean all those things it does that it *enforces* with violence if anyone resists?