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There's a word to describe the situation where a lack of action can be considered a criminal act. The word is slavery.

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I might be missing the context here. Government inaction is different than individual inaction. If you want to use the analogy, the government should be a slave to the people, yes.

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All legitimate gov't power is the power delegated to it by the people. If I don't have the right to do a certain thing, and my neighbor doesn't have the right to do that certain thing, then where would the gov't get the right to do it.



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This is changing the subject. Of course if a person a person commits a despicable act, the act would be equally despicable if taken by the government. Who would ever say otherwise?

If a person commits an inaction, though, it is somewhat forgivable. I can forgive someone who doesn't fly 3000 miles to the other coast to save the life of a stranger. First, it is a larger effort. Second, one person does not exist to serve another. However, if the government commits the same inaction, it does not require nearly as much effort and is despicable. Government action and inaction are roughly the same thing.