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by candiddevmike
434 days ago
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> Core american principles focus on protecting people from the government, not the government protecting people from each other. What part of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" do you think doesn't involve protecting people from each other? |
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To a certain extent, that’s a baseline function of every government, sure. But there is a tension between “a government big enough to protect people from each other” and a “government big enough to deprive citizens of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The founding American principles draw the line between those two in a different place than other traditions.