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    What is government for? Coronavirus stirs old question anew.

    Apr 07, 2020 3 minutes

    It’s the most basic of political questions, but COVID-19 is now moving it from the philosophy classroom into nearly every corner of every country on Earth: What is government for?

    And the answer where it most matters – among citizens, among the governed – seems to be changing dramatically, at least in places  feeling the worst effects of the virus. There, the immediate task of government has become acutely clear: Protect us and our loved ones, and give us the information, policies, tools, and care for

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