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The State is a parasite that feeds off the productive class. People have been prospering as a result of technology and the market in spite of the state. > "Th
by em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
The State is a parasite that feeds off the productive class. People have been prospering as a result of technology and the market in spite of the state.
> "There is almost no history of societies without a strong state"
Umm, what about the Renaissance which happened in relatively small & weak Italian city-states.
- woodandsteel 10y agoHuman beings have always lived in organized societies, and indeed cannot survive without them. Once you move from foraging to agriculture, inevitably it leads to large states. The only question is how much power the state will have. There has never been a large society in which the state has as little power as the libertarians wish, and I doubt there ever will be. As to the market and modern technology, they exist only because there is a state to guarantee things like paper money and contracts, and to sponsor scientific research and also new technologies like the internet.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y agoOrganized society != State. Agriculture does not require a large state. Just because we haven't had a large society without the state doesn't mean it isn't possible. Money can be provided without government paper, for instance Bitcoin. Contracts can be make without the government, for example etherium. Anarcho-captitalism provides a framework for which contract enforcement can be provided in a distributed p2p fashion. People may still pool their resources to sponsor scientific research and new technologies. Considering that people are willing to do these things nowadays means that people will still be willing to do these things without a state.