Forced Community Isn't Community

…because we do not ask so much of the hands of the law, because we only ask it for justice, it alleges that we reject fraternity, solidarity, organization, and association; and they brand us with the name of individualists.
We can assure them that what we repudiate is not natural organization, but forced organization.
It is not free association, but the forms of association that they would impose upon us.
It is not spontaneous fraternity, but legal fraternity.
It is not providential solidarity, but artificial solidarity, which is only an unjust displacement of responsibility” (The Law by Frédéric Bastiat, 2007, p22).

If you believe government should be limited, you’ll get accused of hating people. As if the government brings people together, and since I want limited government, then I must hate bringing people together.

I love community, but not community that is required by the government. I love my church, but I don’t want the government to require people to go to my church. I love my family, but I don’t want the government to choose my family for me.

Just because something is a good idea, doesn’t mean it should be law.

What do you think?
Joseph