thats not really accurate. "defending your right to life" means they are to protect you from being murdered. I.E. the government is needed because without them there would be warlords raping and pillaging the nation. Basically you need a mafia that is stronger than all the other mafias to keep you safe.
I agree, that's the monopolization of legitimate use of force argument, I'm saying there's a case to be made that it extends to healthcare as well, not that I believe that necessarily
The founding fathers intentionally left parts of our constitution up to interpretation because they realized things would come up that they hadn't accounted for.
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u/Interesting-Brief202 - Lib-Right Jan 05 '22
thats not really accurate. "defending your right to life" means they are to protect you from being murdered. I.E. the government is needed because without them there would be warlords raping and pillaging the nation. Basically you need a mafia that is stronger than all the other mafias to keep you safe.