“To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical [fanciful] idea” (James Madison).

Government has always been a necessary evil in the world, and it behooves those who love power and control over others to not only enhance that power and control by expanding government but also to persuade their citizens that government is the source of their liberty and happiness. The Democratic Party certainly preaches and practices that and has convinced countless Americans that it is true. Indeed, for many, government is basically the center and all-sustainer of their existence. Kamala will even buy you a car seat for your baby if you need one. The ones she lets live.

But as James Madison said, and all of our Founders knew, it isn't the government that produces freedom and happiness or gives them to you. Whatever the government gives, it can take away. The government limits freedom by passing laws that restrict human activity. Now, some of this is necessary, of course; we can’t have murderers, thieves, rapists, etc. running loose throughout society. But still, the laws against murder, etc., do restrict the murderer’s freedom to murder. This is why we call government a “necessary” evil: “necessary” to protect honest citizens from barbarians internal and external, but “evil” because no institution in human history has done more thieving and murdering than the government. Such has been a problem humans have been trying to solve for a long time and with almost no success. How can........

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