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The smallest government in the history of the world, created 300 years ago turned out to be the largest and most destructive one in the history of the world. S
by oleganza 14y ago
The smallest government in the history of the world, created 300 years ago turned out to be the largest and most destructive one in the history of the world.
Suggestion: try to prove that the people who are identified with "the government" have different moral rights than you. Why they can have nukes and guns, while you cannot. And before you have a perfect conclusive proof, abstain from using any physical violence upon anybody around you. If you find a person, who will be convinced that the policeman can shoot at him when he runs away, while the person cannot shoot back, then you can shoot that person. But do not shoot those who are not so much convinced yet.
- CamperBob2 14y agoThe smallest government in the history of the world, created 300 years ago turned out to be the largest and most destructive one in the history of the world. Which government was that, and how'd they outdo the Soviets?
- oleganza 14y agoIt is US. And they outdid everyone precisely because they had the most of freedom. Free market created enormous amount of wealth and the government got its portion. Less free contries just were not that wealthy to afford massive military and other spendings. I'm not saying it was even possible to have anarchy back in 1796: the slavery and wife ownership was okay. But today we can learn from history and understand that it is possible to employ non-violent methods of conflict resolution using existing total connectivity. With internet, cheap and strong crypto, Bitcoin and social networks you can securely notify anyone you want about misbehavior of someone and use ostracism instead of prisons.