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I'm sure there are many other examples. I didn't say it's a good thing, but to me, that would be the far right, not a megga state that managed nearly every aspect of life like Hitler's Germany.

*Blush*. Of course, you caught my argument with its pants down. I really did mean to attach the qualifier to my argument:

No such government has existed for any reasonable length of time (due to power ALWAYS coalescing into a group/person) in history.

Hope that makes a little bit more sense.

:D ttt

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No such government has existed for any reasonable length of time (due to power ALWAYS coalescing into a group/person) in history.

I'd say it's because we need government, like it or not. Some really smart guy, (can't recall who) said; "If man were perfect, we would need no government." We're far from perfect.

I always like what Washington said about government. I'll paraphrase. Government is like fire... a very useful and necessary tool, but one that must be constantly watched.

All the various stripes of socialism allow that fire to grow out of control.