如何看待「政府越大，公民越小」這一觀點？

我們應如何看待「The bigger the government，the smaller the citizen」這一觀點？理由為何？

i thought when we talk big or small on government, we are not referring to its scale or its employees, we are talking about the power vs. rights. As mentioned in other answers, the example on Syria supported a pretty convincing conclusion that whenever the government is no longer functioning, the people will suffer from the lack of public production, like security, education, environmental protection, etc. However, on the other hand, when you take like North Korea as a comparison, you will feel pwned even just seeing from a pc screen, whenever your facial muscle, your willingness to clap, your casual trip to Malaysia, are overseen carefully by the authority. These extreme examples showed us it is crucial for a citizen in a modernized country to think how we balance the individual』s right to the government』s power. There are so many issues and argues are fundamentally based on this conception, like the recent gun control act in New Zealand.

It』s a good question. It』s a classic question in Law and Politics Science. It』s not sensitive and I』m just practicing my awkward written English. Keep up! Our Nation relies on people who take politics as a serious science.

在一個特定歷史時刻下，人的自由是有限的。而政府的強權必然導致公民的不自由。但公民太過自由也會威脅一部分人的平等，比如加拿大是不禁大麻的。所以說政府權力過大不好，就好像朝鮮公民沒有一點自由，政府沒有權力也不好，政府就無法組織力量維持基本的社會秩序。尋求一個適合的平衡點才是解決這個問題的關鍵。

建議持這種觀點的人，去至今仍無統一政府、各路勢力爭戰不休的利比亞，去體驗下小政府下的大公民是怎麼過日子的

謝邀！一般來說，政府不過是公民聯合聘請的大管家而已，公民是主人。但如果政府很強勢，很驕傲，那麼公民就可能不幸了。

歷史上欺壓老百姓的事情可不少。

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