Title: Why are governments created? - Quora
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Why are governments created?
Content: In other words, so that rich powerful people can hold onto their wealth and power in the face of the numerical advantage of the non rich and powerful. 769 views
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, What other kind is there, really? Answered 6 years ago · Author has 572 answers and 421K answer views
So that people can use violence against each other in careful and organized way that leads to minimum loss of life, a slow destruction of the economy, and enrichment of the rulings classes; instead of the massive death toll and almost universal and immediate destruction of wealth that would occur if we used violence against each other indiscriminantly. Of course, there is a third way, but humanity loves its violence. 1.4K views
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Matt Westwood
, works at Criminal Cases
Answered 6 years ago · Author has 1.6K answers and 1.4M answer views
Because some people seem to have a psychological need to be told what to do, and others have a psychopathic urge to tell other people what to do. A fortunate side-effect of this is that stuff that needs to get done (like: roads getting built and maintained, healthcare being provided for, law and order being kept) gets done. 1.1K views
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David Argall
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 7.1K answers and 730.1K answer views
Originally Answered: Why were governments formed?