Question

what is the purpose of the government

Answer 1

Theres literally no purpose tbh
but apperently the high people wanna keep us random people in check

Answer 2

And so like if a person keeps killing someone they gotta have a punishment

Answer 3

and if they didnt get a punishment then they wouldnt learn so they would just keep doing it over and over again

Answer 4

Basically like a child

Answer 5

thanks bbg

Answer 6

if a child does something bad then discipline :)

Answer 7

No Problemo

Answer 8

At the bare minimum, the role of government is to protect and preserve the rights of its citizens. So our freedom of speech, right to peacefully exist (laws, police, military, etc), freedom from slavery, and so on.

Answer 9

Note that the examples are for the U.S., not every country has those.