No, I don't. This particular line is all a hypothetical argument.
I am trying to further this debate by pointing out that the only things the government can do in a Republic are those things the citizens themselves have the authority to do, and could do, but are more efficiently done on their behalf by elected representatives. Rogerv seems to believe the idea that the government is somehow inherently wiser and more moral than the people, hence his encouragement for expansion of governmental authority.
The Open Society web pages appear to have been written by Rogerv. That, or perhaps all the members of this organization favor long-winded diatribes that wander aimlessly through gentle, windswept meadows of politically correct fluff while rarely arriving at any distiguishable landmarks of policy recommendation. The only policy recommendation I have been able to discern on their website is that they seem to think criminals shouldn't be punished for their crimes.
The bulk of their site is filled with such meaningful gems as this:
OSI and the network implement a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human and women's rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform.
When that much BS is stacked in one place, it is wise to don the rubber boots.
You got it. An immense amount of "reasonable" blather, with no specific point, other than "government" should listen to the "people," and the "people" should create a government which will solve all problems. This leads to Bertholdt Brecht's wicked comment on the aftermath of the 17 Jun 53 East Berlin worker's uprising. The Communist Party admonished the workers to redouble efforts to regain the Party's confidence. Brecht suggested that it might be simpler for the Party to abolish the People and elect another.
I studied Political Science in the early 50s when Marxism and Communism were taken seriously. Volumes and volumes on Dialectical Materialism and the rest of the Communist baloney. Popper's and "Rogerv's" stuff is the same. Just mountains of verbiage which can be reduced to: Put us in power and you'll never have to think again.
And I thought that Lysenkoism was long dead, i.e., the creation of the New Soviet Man by osmosis.
By the way, how much has the great philanthropist Soros donated to tsunami relief?