what is the purpose of the government

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TETSXPREME · Answer

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

TETSXPREME · Answer

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

TETSXPREME · Answer

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

TETSXPREME · Answer

Basically like a child

WetCrustytenticle · Answer

thanks bbg

TETSXPREME · Answer

if a child does something bad then discipline :)

TETSXPREME · Answer

No Problemo

Shadow · Answer

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.

Shadow · Answer

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