Community ≠ Government

Johny Ray makes an often neglected point:

One of the commonest Leftist arguments in defence of big government (a sophisticated example here) is to say that the individual could accomplish nothing and would earn nothing without the community of which he forms part — and that therefore he “owes” the community something. That is of course true. What is hilarious is that Leftists by some amazing feat of illogicality then immediately equate “the community” with “the government” — which is in fact merely one part of the community, and a very parasitic part at that.

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