John no kidding. We are led to wonder, however, how any government can function without a concentration of power. Thus, it is a meaningless statement, or worse, a misleading statement.
Every government represents a concentration of power to some degree or other.
John plus, the only way to counter a concentration of power is with another concentration of power. What will happen, and what always happens, is, If government does not exercise those powers, some other forces that are not under the control of the people of this nation will move into the vacuum and exercise those powers instead. Eyler Government power is unavoidable. The problem is not government power, but the control of government power. By focusing on government power per se, Friedman does a deceptive and a destructive service.