Is a Government Really a Good Idea?

Government is there to help us change our behavior, hopefully for the greater good. With c tatsou s carrots, six exactly. There's sort of two big areas where you can roll out those carrots and sticks. One is cultural. You could engender a society. You educate your children in a certain way. Or you can use institutions, which are to say, here are the laws. If you don't keep your air conditioning at a certain level every day, we will fine you,. Or if you don't pay your taxes, we will come after you. I think that's the minimal requirement in order to do what we have said governments do.

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