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Chesterton's point isn't that you should never remove the fence, it's that you shouldn't remove it until you know why it's there.
Yes, this is true. However, within the social context of his own times, "the powerful guy wanted it there and we don't!" is such a common reason (in fact, it's fairly common today) that you should expect it before even studying the fence.