On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Daniel C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In this fantasy world where we all live without violence, all it takes > is for one person to decide that they're going to be violent and > suddenly everyone else loses their agency. The choice to live in > peace no longer exists: you can either be violently subjugated, or you > can try to stop the violence... which ironically requires being > violent in return. And of course you didn't choose violence - > somebody else did, and when they chose it your ability to live in > peace disappeared. > > Without a government (which is the sole authorized proprietor of > violence) in place, a free market is only free so long as everyone > plays nice. Alternatively you could create a free market in which > mercenary protection is available to those who can afford it, but you > probably didn't even finish reading that statement before you realized > how wrong that situation would go. >
Wait, in one paragraph did you just prove that self-defense is a necessity, and in the next paragraph endorse government monopoly on force? The munchkin wrangler responds more eloquently than I can: http://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/why-the-gun-is-civilization/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
