Indeed. In my not so humble opinion this view of the role of governance is basically a libertarian view of governance. It can be with a state (but the state tends to grow) or without. 

Essentially in my view they ideal governance model is a little as possible. Protect the property rights of individuals. Law predates and exists outside of governments and the state. It arises organically as money does. 

Positive rights and a general misunderstanding of the origins and principles of the pre United States has poluted the right and left. Today the average democrat and many republicans are offended by a traditional view of the role of government. It's wild to witness how far we have fallen. 

kepford

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The problem is that politicians (and most people too) seem to believe that the role of government is to solve peoples' problems.  It's not, or at least it shouldn't be.  The role of government should be simply to engender the conditions such that people can solve their own problems