What government can you actually point to - not theoretical, but actually existing - which holds as its sole purpose the safety of all its people?
Which boss is perfect? Which dad is? Nothing and no one is.
But there are shades. Some are way closer to the bar than others.
I can list hundreds of governments that have not reacted to mass protests by killing unarmed civilians (their own people) by the thousand.
That's a long way from asserting that it is, in fact, the sole purpose of government, which was what I objected to.
Even if you drop the word “sole” entirely, the basic expectation is still that a government does not kill unarmed civilians.
At that point, it is fair to wonder whether the objection adds any clarity, or just pulls attention away from the judgment itself.