Government- the Definition

"Government" is an organization of individuals who attempt to make the rules for a particular geographical area. Regardless of their claims, they are not voluntary or consensual, as "voting" and other participatory acts never really make a substantive difference because of the rules which the government has established to regulate the election process.

Governments allow no competition with the organization and no opting out. Government is financed through "taxation", which is merely statist-speak for "theft by government". It holds a monopoly on the use of force, enforced by its own enforcers and backed up by the courts it runs. Because government enforces the rules that limit its power, there is really no limit to what it can get away with, given time.

Unless I qualify the term by placing "self-" in front of "government", I am referring to an external coercive force, and not the necessary condition of "self-control".