Is it when the government basically takes over a city?
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It is when a mayor, governer, or President oders the military to act as police officers to disrupt riots, looting, and violence in order to gain control of a situation that has gotten out of control. Sort of like New Orleans after the Hurricanes. But, the miiltary did not have arrest powers. They were there as a watch dog to discourage violence and looting.
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Do you think that the govt has legitimate authority?  Based on your rationale it cannot, since it all goes back to property theft and ethnic cleansing.  If you do, then you also have to acknowledge that immigration is a matter which can legally be managed by the govt.\n\nDid we steal the land from the indians?  Maybe some of it.  What gets me is that there are rich people who are rich because of land.  But let's trace this back.  At some point someone claimed ownership of the land and didn't have to pay a dollar for it.  That's a load of BS.  So, now I get screwed because someone arbitrarily claims ownership of land.  I don't know how to fix, I just know that capitalism pisses me off sometimes.
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When you own land, you own it free and clear subject to what is known as PETE:\nP: Police powers - the authority of government law enforcement to enforce laws in or on your property\nE: Eminent Domain - the authority of government to take possession of your property given that they have an official use.  Example: a new freeway is being built and they have all the land except yours that is right in the path and they cannot reasonably go around.  It's a legal battle that can take a long time but it is possible.  The governing authority must pay you market value and all expenses related to the sale. (This is what your situation potentially falls under)\nT: Taxes - the authority of government to tax your property and reclaim it if taxes are not paid.\nE: Escheat - the authority of government to reclaim your property and your estate if you die without a will or legal heirs.
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No, the true purpose of government is to do as a collective group what individuals could not do for themselves or what would put an excessive burden on them (e.g. defend the borders, build roads, etc.).\n\nWe have so perverted the purpose of government it isn't even funny.
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government always tend to take little things out of proportion,and when someone committed a real crime they barley do anything,but no it doesn't seem right,they took it a little to far with the live with someone else thing
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It might be than that the government would go back to being merely a servant of the people -- merely a temporary servant; And not the people a servant to them.\n\n Its function might be to obey orders, not originate them.\n\nMaybe.
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No, it's a way to control society.
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The "government" is nothing more that you and me and all of our neighbours.  The "government" has no obligation to achieve any specific social outcomes. Voters may elect representatives whose objective it is to pursue social engineering, but that does mean that it is the government's obligation.\n\nPersonally, I think the government's primary obligation is the safety and security of the citizens and to create a climate and atmosphere in which liberty prevails so that each person can work towards achieving their own vision of the good life.
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No, it's not true.  The concept that comes into play is that of "public taking."  Basically, the government can use your property if it is required for the protection of the public.  The government must return use of your property to you when the danger has passed but is not liable for any damage it caused.  And all you can do is watch.\n\nSo the fire department can bust into your house on the theory not that they have the right to save your stuff but they have the right to contain your fire before it spreads to somebody else's stuff.  They're not protecting your house, they're protecting your neighbor from your house.
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government (noun)\n1.the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.\n2.the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government.\n3.the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration.\n4.a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole: a dam built by the government.\n5.(in some parliamentary systems, as that of the United Kingdom)\na.the particular group of persons forming the cabinet at any given time: The Prime Minister has formed a new government.\nb.the parliament along with the cabinet: The government has fallen.\n6.direction; control; management; rule: the government of one's conduct.\n7.a district governed; province.
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This government has had policies in place for years that can place any person under the control of the authorities .\nGet use to it .
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access to space is limited. Governing means control for implementation, since few can access hardly anyone is capable of governing the space.
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It is a form of government where you answer to the state, and the control over you is maintained bu themilitary, or secret police. Uou are under constant censorship, and the government  tightly controls  industry and finances.
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It's a totalitarian government - i.e. the citizens have no voice in the government, the government controls everything the people do.  Much of what the government does is to brainwash the citizens into thinking that the what the government is telling them to do is really their choice.  \n\nI really suggest that you read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley after this one.  Many writers have taken on the idea of how to portray a government that has removed people's abilities to make choices in their lives without it being apparent that it has happened.
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The government is (or was) established to protect the rights of the people, not to protect the people. Government is not a scam, even though most of it is a joke. I believe that our country could use a better government, not just locally, but nationally. We as a Nation and a state deserve a better government than we currently have. The government is trying to protect our rights, but we also have private domain (this includes areas of individual life that are of no business to the govt.) We have many freedoms, they just want to protect those rights.
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There shouldn't be. The Central Government should be respopnsible for ensuring your safety, health and education. Everything else is more effectively dealt with at a local and/or state level.\n\nA strong central government is meant to deal with large issues. Unfortunately, most central governments now micr-manage the minutae of your day-to-day life. That isn't how the founders of democracy envisioned it. Fortunately, democracy allows for the evolution of government. It will mutate to fit our needs.\n\nAs Winston Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government...except all the others that have been tried from time to time."
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The goverment? they supply the drugs?