The dumbest objections against statelessness
A collection of straw men, non-sequiturs, false dichotomies, false equivalents, false attributions, appeals to tradition, appeals to emotion, appeals to incredulity, and simple odes to sheer stupidity.
The dumbest objections:
#1 “Show me one time it has worked”
#4 “Monopolies would take over”
#5 “You use government services, therefore you’re a hypocrite”
#6 “ Who will enforce contracts in the absence of government?”
#7 “How will justice be served in the absence of a government?”
#8 “If you don’t like government, move to Somalia!”
#9 “What guarantees do you have...?”
#10 “But what if I'm attacked?” - Objecting incentive over threat
#11 “Freedom means freedom to enslave!”
…more on the way.
Why you want government
The devil comes to you one night, dressed nicely, full of charisma and charm.
Why we want government
Ultimately, we want government because we need to feel part of a winning team - a team that wins over others; brutalizes them if need be. We assume that government -our government - is the all-powerful tribe for us: us, the imagined collective, a contrived group defined by arbitrary, vague, and meaningless criteria.
A threat-based civilisation is not civil
Rome conquered the Hellenic free cities by force. Yet the Hellenic cities conquered Rome with ideas. The Hellenics submitted reluctantly to Rome. Yet Rome voluntarily adopted Hellenic ideals. Which conquest was more meaningful and more timeless?
The best argument for statelessness
The best argument for statelessness emerges in response to the most common straw man fallacy against statelessness; that is “without a government, people would descend into chaos.” This is demonstrably false, because in all of human history, every time a state collapses, it is immediately replaced by another color of state, more palatable to the needs o…
Government is an unnecessary evil
My laptop has an integrated webcam cover slide. It’s a pretty neat feature. It gives you some peace of mind knowing that you’re safe, at least from FBI/NSA Facebook backdoors that live-view you and digitally map your face.
Why We Have Government
We have government because we desire undeserved “assurances”. We are too lazy and cowardly to create a decentralized voluntary system of incentives that in turn gives life to a spontaneously orderly society, so we instead relinquish our freedoms and dignities to an arbitrary group of “leaders” who will supposedly grant order to us and for us. But this e…
Recommended reading
‘Chaos Theory: Two Essays on Market Anarchy’ by Robert P. Murphy
‘No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority’ by Lysander Spooner
‘For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto’ by Murray N. Rothbard
‘Power and Market: Government and the Economy’ by Murray N. Rothbard
‘Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market’ by Murray N. Rothbard
‘The Enterprise Of Law: Justice Without The State’ by Bruce L. Benson
‘The Machinery of Freedom: A Guide to Radical Capitalism’ by David Friedman