> Government = bad Because world has not seen a libertarian government yet. > Taxes = theft There are two arguments here. 1. Tax Amount. 2. Consent. Most of

> Government = bad Because world has not seen a libertarian government yet. > Taxes = theft There are two arguments here. 1. Tax Amount. 2. Consent. Most of the arugment against taxes from libertarins pov is the amount. Govts does provide a useful service but the pricing is too costly. A libertarian may immigrate to a favourable country which gives best bang for the buck (for which somalia fails) and in process giving new govt the required consent to make taxation consistent with libertarianism. > They don't get that monopoly on use of violence as ultimate arbitration is what allows society to exist in the first place. You are thinking of anarcho-capitalism (a special case of libertarianism nonetheless) which I presume we are not talking about. Then libertarian govt still hold the monopoly on violence and only justifiable in very limited cases.