> The reasons for people to band together in the form of government [...] to protect members of society from those who would cause them harm. Or to exploit and

> The reasons for people to band together in the form of government [...] to protect members of society from those who would cause them harm. Or to exploit and rob minority members of said society. The "good willed" government does not exist and has no reason to: it owns the ultimate monopoly, on violence. Most governments today on the planet are evil. The list of atrocities perpetrated by governments is as long as civilization's history and completely dwarfs the list of bad things done by corporations. > The fact of Amazon even existing at all is a privilege granted by the state that can be revoked at any time. States tried getting rid of corporations. Their citizens starved. The truth is, most value created by companies is captured by the society at large (the value we get from the stuff we buy is much larger than the cost we pay), not the company owners or employees.