| Somehow there's always someone complaining about a "generalization", isn't there? Here's what I said: >> Every government is corrupt, because the very arrangement of government itself leads to corruption. In this statement, "every government is corrupt" is a description of the state of affairs that the arrangement of government leads to. This does not contradict the idea of a government possibly not being corrupt at its inception - the point was that a government is a flawed institution right from the start. Bear in mind, a government is a group of people that: - Wields power over millions of people, and decides everything for them, even though their one-size-fits-all -solutions are practically guaranteed to not fit all. - Forcefully extracts money from millions of people, and then uses it as they see fit. - Is not responsible for their actions to anyone. In other words, no matter what they do, they won't suffer any negative consequences. Sure, someone may not get re-elected, but that doesn't really matter, and they'll still enjoy a fat pension (of other people's money) and so on. |