Guiding Questions:
What is the obligation of government.
Should it be an actor in society, or just provide structure?
Is government intervention in non-legal issues a good thing or no?
should the government be in the business of legislating morality?
Please discuss below
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In my opinion: The government should be an entity that- - creates and enforces laws and regulations - provides services to it's citizens The details of what the laws are, what the services are, how they are enforced and implemented, should be created solely on the collective will of the people as a whole. So ideally, rather than a politician running for office, and saying "I believe this, this, and that! I will change the government and our laws to make it happen!' and then creating a following based on that, the collective voice of the people dictates that a certain way if life is to be upheld, and the government officials implement that without power to influence it based on their own opinion. So the job of politician has the celebrity aspect removed entirely, and is more of an administrative role that merely puts in place the policies dictated by the citizens. I concede that this is idealistic and would require an entire mindset shift in all of society for it to really work.