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That is not the only job of government.
That's your opinion
No, it's your opinion that the only job of government is to prevent attack and you are objectively wrong in that.
https://www.ushistory.org/gov/1a.asp?srsltid=AfmBOoohYDSRnj55K4MOK2cBwa3e_tccug5cHcftIT3xTSQapuGbpl2f
"A country, then, needs to not only protect its citizens from one another, but it needs to organize to prevent outside attack."
Notice the order there... The first job of government is to protect its citizens from one another.
So, no, you can't burn 110 mph through a school zone. Why? Government. Meat packers can't sweep up floor waste and sell it as grade A meat. Why? Government.
These are the things government does when it's NOT protecting us from exterior threats, because the interior threats are just as pernicious if allowed to be uncontrolled.
And no, private industry is not a substitute. Why? Because there's no profit in it. And trust me, you don't want to live in a country where basic food safety is a for profit industry.
Government exists to do the things necessary for a society without seeking to profit from it. This is why all the idiots going "Government should be run like a business!" are, in fact, idiots.
Imagine a for profit police department, or fire department, or DMV, or department of education.
"911, please enter your credit card now."
One another means violent force and fraud.
... Because that's fraud. I support the government protecting individuals from fraud.
Police are here to protect you from others, that's what I said the government is here for.
Actually it's the left that yells acab abolish the police, abolish ice
Organize to prevent outside attack means the military should protect us from foreign enemies. So no I'm not objectively wrong, actually by your own quote you provided with a source, I'm objectively right
No, you said it was ONLY for that and you're 100% wrong on it. Government builds streets, installs sidewalks, and street lamps, all the little things we take for granted that the private sector can't because they can't monetize it.
Unless you want to pay a toll for sidewalk access? Or for lingering under a streetlight?
These are the things government does.
None of that falls under your quote
It's exactly what the purpose of government is.
You can keep repeating that but it won't make fall into your definition you provided