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To: koan who wrote (46152)	6/17/2013 8:35:08 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 85487

Governments create society dude. "The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but the servant or agent of the citizens; it means that the government as such has no rights except the rights delegated to it by the citizens for a specific purpose." aynrandlexicon.com

To: koan who wrote (46152)	6/17/2013 8:35:16 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By Thehammer TimF Respond to of 85487

Wrong. Society is just the sum total of how individuals relate to one another and the most fundamental social institution is the family. It's been that way for millenia. Unfortunately, the government now tends to erode the strength of this vital social institution.

To: koan who wrote (46152)	6/17/2013 9:11:02 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By work4ever Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

No people create governments. To the extent that society can be said to do anything (society is pretty nebulous its people that do things, even if its a wide range of people working together), society creates government far more than the other way around. But your statement isn't only false,its also irrelevant. Even if governments did create society, society would still be a separate thing from government, just as a book is separate from its writer, and a baby is separate from his or her parents; so it would still be incorrect to conflate them.