What are the legitimate functions of government?

[Griff]

He he. This will be a long post. I'm not signing on for that but as soon as archeologists show me something different I'll post it.

Og realized that he was stronger than Ig. He went to Igs leanto and, established mans first government. Ig and Bo overthrew that government by establishing a peoples committee, they went to Ogs cave beat him about the head and took his stuff. Over the years, the system had different window dressings applied to it usually sold as an improvement over the previous governments failings. Athens attacks Sparta, Aztecs slaughter get slaughtered, the Czar gets rolled. Irish and Scots get displaced by the English go to america and slaughter Native Americans.The North taxes the South. Euro govs set up colonies. Japan follows suit, Truman goes atomic. Australia reeducates the Bushmen. Commies get back Hong Kong, Canada gives free ride to rich Asian emigrees. America bombs Iraq for 11 years is suprised when get bombed. Government is stupid brute force, period.

I think I may have missed a gov or two there, but thats Muses deal not mine.