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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:37 AM
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Default If we lived in a country with no government

do you think society would be better off or worst off? That country being America...
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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Worse.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:53 AM
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The problem is NO government would make the "country" very weak and vulnerable to militaristic takeover. Kind of defeating the purpose.



That said, and not to get too literal, but wouldn't lacking government altogether kind of negate the term "Country" anyway? I mean, a country UN-unified under common rule isn't, by definition, a country at all.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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If we dissolved the government right now things would go to hell basically on day one. People would struggle for control of areas, and it would get incredibly ugly.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Old May 6, 2012 | 08:11 AM
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Take a look at any news event about third world contries in the last year and there is your answer.
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Old May 6, 2012 | 10:33 AM
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But what uganda do about it?
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Old May 6, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by wheel_of_steel
But what uganda do about it?


LOL
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Old May 6, 2012 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Whatnot
LOL




Well played, wheel_of_steel, well played.
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