Government's proper role in society is provision of security, internal and external.
Adam Smith said that proper role of government was not functional. He said it was a failed state.
A society with no government need not be chaotic and lawless. A classless Socialist society would have no role for government.
they influenced society and the way the people ran the government
In a democracy all members of a society can and should play a role in government, even if the only role they play is to vote. Those who choose not to vote have given up their role in government, and are not doing their part to make democracy work.
King, and God.
They picked their noses!
providing public goods
This is NO role for religion in making laws. The need for a secular society is important to maintain a free society where people can worship as they wish. When religion is part of the government it becomes a state religion that doesn’t allow for the freedom of religion. When the English colonies began some came to escape the persecution by the state because they refused to worship according to the government rules.
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Protect our borders from invasion. That is all.