John Locke and James Madison covered that. If men were angels, government wouldn’t be necessary. It is the very imperfections of man that require government to secure natural rights.
“It is the very imperfections of man that require government to secure natural rights.”
And how has that been working out?
I guess its human nature to take a hard look at failure, then decide to do the same damn thing but with twice the intensity, and stand around and wonder why it didn’t work.