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The concept of everybody working for the common good, building a society for the benefit of all is viable ONLY at the subsistence level. Humans are social beings, and not particularly well equipped to survive as a species as individual or very small communities. Using the Maslow hierarchy, once the physiological needs are met, the all-for-one-&-one-for-all concept begins to break down. I'm no longer hungry and I have shelter; now I want your spear because it's better than mine. With progression up the hierarchy comes the need for more formal regulation in order to prevent the breakdown of the burgeoning society. Government becomes necessary.
Are any of the current forms of government perfect? Of course not - I am not yet the supreme ruler (the only form of government that I see as ideal). But regardless of the form, the governance is needed in order to prevent a return to the subsistence level of existence.
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