What might life be like if there was no government? Why do you think humans organized governing bodies?
If there were no government, life might just be chaotic. There would be no laws, causing society to grow up not knowing basic moral rights and manors. Laws are established by the government, therefore, if there were no government, there would be nothing set in place to decide what is considered worthy of punishment.
Murder could occur and most people would not understand why it is not an acceptable thing to do because there would be no legal consequence for such a monstrosity. Aside from having no laws enforcing human behaviors, there would also be nothing regarding how workers would be paid or even how to establish careers so the majority of society could earn money in order to live.
Even the earliest of humans created a form of governing leaders, from the Ancient Greek senators to the Native American chiefs because there was a mutual understanding that without this commanding authority, there would be no foundation for a way of living. People would not know how to go about doing the things we believe to be considered common.
The average human today wakes up in the morning in some form of dwelling and goes to work or school then attends some form of extra activity for personal enjoyment or other purposes then goes back to their dwelling to sleep and does it all over again. Without a form of government, almost nothing that the average human does on a daily basis would exist. Everything we do is in some way regulated by the government, such as the pricing of a house, the amount of money that is distributed to each person, the amount and type of cash that is printed, how much people have to pay for the good of other people, and a million more ways that decide how out civilization functions. Humans organized governing bodies because there was a mutual understanding that rules need to be set forth in order for humans to have a foundation to build on for the rest of life's opportunities.
This is a great first post Emmie. I enjoyed reading your fourth paragraph about how humans have a natural understanding that if we do not have a form of leadership, they would basically not survive. l liked where you went with this and I look forward to reading future posts from you.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post because it converts a sense of what life would be like without government. It really shows what human nature would have on a society. The concluding paragraph is a great sum up of all your points.
ReplyDeleteI like this post because the points you make are strong and make sense. I really like how you add human nature and morals to it. Adding historical evidence made your argument stronger and more interesting.
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