The existential conflict in all societies
stems from the natural urge of individuals to be free, as the ruling factions
seek to limit citizen choices and their inborn drive. The rationale that
governments have a legitimate function and role to regulate and enforce civic
conduct, so that public order can be maintained, is the universal axiom used for
justifying the State. If there is an organic purpose to maintain a civil order,
does it automatically follow that the desired formula for compliance rests
within the mechanisms established by government? The posing of this question
and familiar popular reaction reflects the intense discomfort most individuals
have dealing with innate essentials.
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