[afiori]

> Government is a necessary evil

Everything is a necessary evil, if you want to see it that way.

> Government is not supposed to keep us safe from ourselves but protect our god given freedoms.

A lot of the job of the state is to keep us safe from other individuals and other states. History proved that one of the best way to do that is to respect individual freedom in a very strong way.

Personally I am not convinced that personal freedom is an end to itself, I see it as the only stable principle that is able to fuel a civil and fair society. More freedom is good only insofar as it produces healthier societies.

I think we have quite different world views on this.