I will argue to the conclusion that the U.S. government is illegitimate. My grounds will be that it is either a government of unlimited powers, making it illegitimate; or that it has vastly overstepped its constitutional bounds, which also makes it illegitimate. In the agency theory of government, a people has a limited state and government for two main reasons: First, to maintain domestic order within the people, as in, for example, preventing the violent resolution of intra-people conflicts; and second, to secure the common defense against external enemies. These two functions, internal and external defense, may be called simply … Continue reading Yes, the U.S. Government is Illegitimate