Was written in an email group that I am in. Frankly, he was absolutely wrong:
Not quite – Progressives have DELIBERATELY conflated the two so as to make it easier for the latter to control the former. Jim Splaine is famous for saying "WE are the government" while the Founders rightly saw that government should be held at arm’s length from the rest of society.
– Skip
GraniteGrok.com
We have forgotten that in creating our Government, that in their minds, Society and Government were to be considered separately (and that the latter should have the lesser, necessary-evil role). Yes, we of Society serve and make up Government in our Republic; even with that, when the two become too intertwined, there will always be those in Government will use the opportunity to mandate how Society should behave.
