Why A Government?

A Geek With Guns presents us with a cogent argument against the rampant statism that is, of course, today’s norm.

A sampling:

One argument made by statists to justify the existence of the state is that without the state that would be roving gangs going around taking everybody’s sh*t. This argument makes little sense in my opinion. First, it assumes that humans are inherently uncooperative and prefer to take instead of trade. Second, it assumes the state itself isn’t a roving gang of thugs who go around and take everybody’s sh*t. (emphasis Guffaw)

Sounds kinda like the ubiquitous individual liberty (free market cooperation) versus government-enforced cabal (communalism) argument.

Please go and read the whole essay

h/t Christopher Berg