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Discussion
In the whole Atlas Shrugged there's hardly any mention of a reason for the existence of a Government.
Other than a couple of words from JG speech, did you find any other?
Did you notice how slim his explanation is? Specially comparing it to the totality of the novel where JG not only does NOT speak in favour of the existence of a Government, but he, and his colleagues acts on the completely opposite way.
There are no contradictions. So...
“The only proper purpose of government is to protect the rights of the individual—meaning, to protect him from physical force. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as man’s agent of self-defense, and as such may use force only against those who initiate it. The only proper functions of government are: the police, to protect against criminals; the army, to protect against foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect property and contracts from breach or fraud, and to settle disputes by rational rules under objective law”
Cual es el punto?
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