--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Wraith <wra...@...> wrote: > > The so called "party of Principle" has forgotten what this is all > about, in its focus on gaining Power > within the system. If you think about it, any form of coercive > government would by its nature violate the ZAP. > Thus real libertarians would be anarchists. >
Well, not quite. A powerful Force-using Agency that never Initiated Force would not violate the Non-Aggression Principle. For example, an overwhelmingly powerful "We Don't Like Murder" Agency could exist. Or one that punished Initiation of Force generally. Neither of those would violate NAP - for as long as it did not Initiate Force. They would constitute a Libertarian Government without being Anarchist. Enforcing NAP without Initiating Force is possible, despite all the yelling from the Anarchists. I have done it. You can do it. Retaliation and Vengeance are fun.
