I see where you're coming from, but some governments also recognize "natural" or "God-given" rights, recognizing there are powers higher than they are that gran

I see where you're coming from, but some governments also recognize "natural" or "God-given" rights, recognizing there are powers higher than they are that grant privileges or capabilities considered sacred. Granted, this set of rights will be different shapes and sizes depending on culture, but it's not so clear-cut that rights do not exist without government. There are moral rights that we can argue via philosophy. The state is truly only necessary to adjudicate conflicts between its subjects and maybe defend them. I also concede it takes more than an argument to fend off government, but playing along with "monopoly on violence" is so defeatist and pre-loads conversation with a guaranteed end result, when that end is not actually guaranteed. It can be fought.