Governance will always be carried out by some entity or group. It is an inescapable part of Creation's hierarchical design. No matter the musings of libertarians and anarcho capitalists, the role of governance will always need to be filled by somebody.

A better focus is on how best to limit the magisterial government to its proper sphere– that of justice–and keep it from intruding upon the other spheres of governance–the household, the Church, the individual.

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Well... It’s a paradox of negation creating the thing it seeks to negate—similar to trying to establish a system that ensures there is no system, which then becomes a system.

But the intention is not to ensure there is no governance, it is recognizing that governance is good and right when it is exercised within its proper sphere and assuming its proper duties. Because people are sinful, it will never be done perfectly, but this is also why we put up boundaries around the spheres to do what we can to limit scope creep.

The problem isn't the existence of a system, the problem isn't the rules, the problem is in who makes the rules and their ability to not honor them, but you must.. or else 👮