The human animal is capable of self regulating. More of us should try it.. Would there be a need for governance via a central mechanism, the State, if people realized they can self-govern? Would we need all of these branches of government to "manage behavior" if people would learn to excercise restraint & self control? Possible, just not probable. People cannot rely on government to 'control' anything unless all power is first relnquished to them, right? We all know the outcome of that trade off..