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While I understand your statement and its origins in 19th century thought, you seem to misunderstand the foundations of our government. This is completely normal, as almost no-one really get what the founders thought or why they made the decisions they did.

I'm one of those people that obsessively studied that period of history, however. Please, before you comment about the overreaching nature of our government, read Hume.

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If you're so well versed, perhaps you could provide a summary as to what is so wrong about the comment?

Your comment would be much better if you actually outlined what is the correct approach here and summarized what Hume said that you think is important in this particular case. Somehow just saying "I know much more than you, so shut up" and "Go read the Internet^W^WHume" is not very convincing by itself. I personally am willing to believe you spent a lot of time studying the relevant history and possess major insights which other people do not. But why don't you share some of them instead of just claiming you have them?

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