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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