<i>Is it better to have the atrocities committed upon a person by a stranger, or by their government, which is charged to protect them?</i><p>Let&#x27;s put this to a test. Would you rather have 2 family members get killed in a drive-by shooting? Or would you rather have 1 family member get executed by the state? And I don&#x27;t mean this as a hypothetical. Picture your mom&#x2F;dad&#x2F;siblings, imagine them getting killed, and can you honestly say that it&#x27;s preferable for 1 additional family member to get killed as long as the government isn&#x27;t involved?