Government succeeds by failing.

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Failing is the only way that government succeeds. Government is supposed to be an organization that helps the people. It’s supposed to be a force for good in the world. But, what government really does is it keeps monopolizing power over the people. And, if you look at it now, most of what government does is to keep people down and keep them from being able to succeed.

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