Quote Originally Posted by Universal Mind View Post
Things are like that because you have a government. There are other factors too, but you would not have the peace you now have without a government. If your government suddenly broke up one day, things would get really disturbing right away.
I would agree that at some point there needed to be a government to make us what we are today. But I don't think there needs to be a government to maintain us that way. Can you imagine that maybe government is not a necessary part of society, but a necessary part in the evolution of society?

I don't understand why people always make people sound so evil. We all act selfishly sometimes, but we all also act altruistic to others. There might be bad people but there are mostly good people. When I went to South America, I kept getting warned to be careful, not to stray away from touristic areas, to not trust other people (and these warnings were given to me by the people there themselves). I did stray, though, because I go where my legs bring me instinctively. I just followed my instinct and I talked to people in the borders of the city, they gained my trust, I even went to one of their houses, ate a pear, gave an English lesson to a child. And I can't regret what I have done. I actually have tears writing this, because these people were such good people, even if they lived in something chaotic. There are bad things there. Students get raped by their professors, it's common. But I only met good people. It was very special. I believe in Human goodness. There is one bad person in a hundred. In a well organized society, one with little poverty, there will be no chaos.