81 Pressing Towards the Mark: “The more mature (emotionally, spiritually, etc.) the person, the less government they will need. The more immature the person, the more governing they need.”

I think it important to draw a distinction between a mature individual and an aggregate people forming a society. For example, a mature person living in the badlands of Afghanistan or Pakistan would probably appreciate a fair and well-run legal order over the present violent chaos. Many societies are filled with immature people of mature age and it is an anthropological fact that well-run, low crime, advanced industrial societies are heavily regulated. Civilization is composed of rules, laws and regulations, one of the key distinctions from barbarism. If you disagree, then perhaps you could produce an example of an orderly and prosperous society with little law or regulation. It surely ain’t the USA, Japan, Western Europe or Australia, that’s for sure.