No. I just find discussing ideas more meaningful than arguing definitions.
> "legitimate" government - whatever that means
Don't handwaive this away. The boot-up process, which builds founding myths and their related constructs, is integral as much as with any other venture.
Ignore it and you will be advocating for the unrealistic (e.g. "everyone signs a contract at 18 or gets banished") or the abominable (e.g. "we will have an efficient, culturally homogenous society once we kill the Jews").
No. I just find discussing ideas more meaningful than arguing definitions.
> "legitimate" government - whatever that means
Don't handwaive this away. The boot-up process, which builds founding myths and their related constructs, is integral as much as with any other venture.
Ignore it and you will be advocating for the unrealistic (e.g. "everyone signs a contract at 18 or gets banished") or the abominable (e.g. "we will have an efficient, culturally homogenous society once we kill the Jews").