Gubmint
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Everyone assumes that we need government to make laws and police to enforce them. Most people don't know that the first real police force in America was created in 1838. Passports didn't come about until 1920.
Here's an example of how some have lived without the "benefit" of government:
Here's an example of how some have lived without the "benefit" of government: