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cgod · 4595 days ago · link · · parent · post: What are the benefits of government that cannot be replicated?
The irreplaceable benefit to society that government performs is generally known as civilization.
Taxation is one of the foundations of government, the quote may be just a bit of the path, but I think it's pretty close to the heart of the matter.Taxation is the price which we pay for civilization,
for our social, civil and political institutions,
for the security of life and property,
and without which, we must resort to the law of force.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.