Even as i agree that using national borders are only us validating the idea of nation governments, i disagree with you Adam that it is impossible to add a government program that reduces in the long term the size of government, for example (extreme just to prove the point) creating the ministry of dissolving ministries. which sole cause is to dissolve government institutions and ensure a peaceful and smooth transition to the free market. this may not be the best way but a good chunk of the country still thinks of government as a good entity and Stephan's point of keeping and even expanding the government on the "limit inmigration" side would in the long run make more likely for a limited government candidate to get elected and reduce the size of government
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While logically possible, this has literally almost never been the case. Most times, government programs achieve the opposite of their proposed goals. If we have a bureau for reducing bureaucracy, then it's likely it will in fact grow it. Orwell illustrated this very well in 1984 for example with things like Ministry of Truth. The USA itself was supposed to be an experiment in small government, but now it's the largest and most powerful government that has ever been conceived. If you dance with the devil, you're gonna get burned.
I was puting this point forward as a contrast to the point that Adam makes about the size of government not reflecting the “evilness” of it, in no way i was proposing the exampled institution to exist :)