[SarahW]

If the first is untrue, the second is also untrue.

Of course you can not create a perfect society with Shar'ia, nor a "new soviet man" by breaking down the interests of the individual, etc. etc.

Man is not inherently good.
Government that checks its own power and reconizes the inalienable rights of individual men maximizes good.

[SauronOfMordor]

Of course you can not create a perfect society with Shar'ia, nor a "new soviet man" by breaking down the interests of the individual, etc. etc. Man is not inherently good. Government that checks its own power and reconizes the inalienable rights of individual men maximizes good.

In current society there is a mix of good and bad people. The problem is that the good people are mainly interested in living their lives and raising their kids. The evil people, OTOH, are engaged in the game of gaining power over others.

In any society where there is an office which exercises absolute power over others, all evil parties will be obsessed with seizing control of that office. Hayek discusses this at length in "The Road to Serfdom". Tolkien also covered the concept in "The Lord of the Rings". The essense of evil is the lust for power over others, and the way to restrain evil is to minimize the avenues for power. This is what the Founders of the US tried to do.