GOVERNMENTS EXIST TO PROTECT RIGHTS, NOT CONTROL LIVES: POLITICIANS ARE NOT PARENTS

Governments Exist to Protect Rights, Not Control Lives: Politicians Are Not Parents · Caldron Pool

It is not the duty of politicians to protect the public from every conceivable risk by whatever means they judge expedient. If that were their mandate, consistency would require the prohibition of every activity that carries danger, including eating unhealthy food, swimming in the ocean, or riding a motorcycle. Such paternal intrusion may masquerade as compassion, but it is not the purpose of civil government to parent the public. The proper rol…

GOVERNMENTS EXIST TO PROTECT RIGHTS, NOT CONTROL LIVES: POLITICIANS ARE NOT PARENTS

“Once the principle is accepted that the state’s primary responsibility is to eliminate all perceived risks, except, notably, the risk posed by the state itself, there is no logical limit to its power.” It is not the duty of politicians to protect the public from every conceivable risk by whatever means they judge expedient. If […] The post GOVERNMENTS EXIST TO PROTECT RIGHTS, NOT CONTROL LIVES: POLITICIANS ARE NOT PARENTS appeared first on Rich…