Individualist

To continue with the last post, we want a form of government that works best; to make sure criminals see justice, to allow states to have common currency laws and exchanges and allow us to defend ourselves from super powers that might become bigger than us and engulf our freedoms. Every organization formed by humans has the inclination to trample on all others especially if they think their mission is critical. This is the attitude that starts every abuse. It doesn't matter if it is a religious, education, business or governmental organization. The ones with the biggest potential are those who can push their opinions and ideas by compulsion and the force of arms. That is why government and anything that is compulsory has to be constantly kept in check and limited. Trouble starts when those who are in charge take more control and assume the people that follow them will have the same good motives. They also assume all their administrators will act as angels. This is not the case with human institutions and is delusional because it requires ignoring human nature and history. Individual freedom is the best insurance against out of control institutions.

James Madison said it best in The Federalist #51:

“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”