Government is distinguished by its monopoly on violence

The US government is an agreement by the people. In other words, people chose some fewer people to work for them creating some rules on when to use violence so we don't be killing and punching each other all the time by all kinds of stupid reasons.

I find it very strange when people living in democracies (maybe not your case?) talk about the government as "something else". In democracies the government IS the people.

What single person has killed 10s of millions?

Which governments have killed 10s of millions?

Government is made of people AFAIK, so in your context, people killed people, a "government" can't do anything.

Sure. The government is the people.
Remember when Americans with japanese roots put themselves in internment camps?

Exactly, they didn't, other people forced them.

If they're just people, why are they not held accountable for the murder of millions, and imprisonment of millions more? If I kidnap, imprison, and or murder people, there are severe consequences. Not true for the people who make up governments.

/trolltoll @243 $0.50

Yes. Those people who claim the nonexistant privilege to force others and violate their rights, they are called the government.

So it's not just 'other people'... it's a special kind of people that claim special rights, also known as 'the government'.

@243 is arguing semantics while avoiding the actual topic of my original post because he knows we're right.

He's just having fun...

His schtick is to pretend to be extremely naive, to trust the gov, to find any idea of powerful people conspiring outrageous.

Took me a while, now I find it hilarious...
Best troll on Twetch.