What is government?

Question

What is government?

Answer 1

Did you go to school? Did you learn anything while you were there? Who's government are you talking about first and why can't you look the information up?

Answer 2

an established system to control man, run by those with evil natures

Answer 3

I n short it is Biggest clique of con-artists, liars, loafers, and exploiters-mo`e greens-. Legitimized by being wrapped up in shroud of benevolence and neccessity to its citizenry....(short definition of all & any government.)

Answer 4

"An entity designed to take your income away in the form of taxes." That is a quote from me, Bob Johnson.

Answer 5

In general, government is a system of oppression and tyranny that you are born into without any choice or say-so in the matter.

Wherever you are born, whatever type of government they have... that's  kind of people-governing system you are enslaved into from birth, like it or not.

Wiki gives several definitions...

A government is "the organization, that is the governing authority of a political unit,"[1] "the ruling power in a political society,"[2] and the apparatus through which a governing body functions and exercises authority.[3] "Government, with the authority to make laws, to adjudicate disputes, and to issue administrative decisions, and with a monopoly of authorized force where it fails to persuade, is an indispensable means, proximately, to the peace of communal life."[4] "A compulsory territorial monopolist of protection and jurisdiction equipped with the power to tax without unanimous consent."[5]

I've got to go with the last one as the best definition...

"A compulsory territorial monopolist of protection and jurisdiction equipped with the power to tax without unanimous consent."

That pretty much covers it, doesn't it?  I mean we are all born slaves to the state, aren't we?  

Do we have a choice?

Answer 6

govern means control

mente means mind

fingure it out - sorry :(

Answer 7

It was designed to be a law enforcement agency and a military defense.  Now, it is the source of support for the people who do not have app petite for diligent, long hours of work.  It sucks the blood out the productive sectors of the economy and grows and grows per its mentality to expand budgets to hire more and more.  It is our master.  Not our protector.  An enemy of the productive citizen.

Answer 8

an established system to control mans evil nature

Answer 9

Terrifying. Your username is hilarious.