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RE: My answer is "HELL" NO"!
a) how do people have order without government?
I think you've sort of answered your question in each of your posts... common sense and social pressure. Before we had mass government, mass religion, and even "masses" at all, people lived in relatively small groups (practically extended families)... So, people were able to govern themselves and each other with the help of a few traditions and a lot of good people skills, but no need for permanent leadership or institutionalized government. Those who wouldn't or couldn't get along were simply excluded until they could get along, or until they found someplace else to live.
This sort of thing kept people reasonable and responsible, but also fairly free. Now, with our political groups numbering in the hundreds of millions, keeping everyone on the same page seems to require some form of government. We also have a problem because individual freedom is prized so much that responsibility is almost totally forgotten, and it's easy to get away with being irresponsible or disrespectful because you can just disappear into the crowd.
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