I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads and both of them are bankrupt.
It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.
When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria you've got to be prepared as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to become the government and I'm not sure any country either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else who's willing to take on that responsibility.
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals good bad and otherwise.
We need a government alas because of the nature of humans.
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
By a continuing process of inflation government can confiscate secretly and unobserved an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.