Forum Post: Is Government Really Necessary? (video)
Posted 11 years ago on Dec. 11, 2012, 10:08 p.m. EST by darrenlobo
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The lively Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society discussion happened on December 9, 2012. (http://www.meetup.com/thinkingsociety/events/85461612/) Below is the description of the event on the Meetup page:
Most discussions about government start from the assumption that we need a government, but is that really the case? Will society fall apart without it? At this Meetup we'll consider the issue using the following definition of government: an organization with a monopoly on the use of force within a specified geographical area.
Arguments will be heard pro and con while alternatives will be looked at.
http://theinternationallibertarian.blogspot.com/2012/12/is-government-really-necessary-video.html
Yes.
No one ever presents my side, which is really disturbing. I see anarchy as survival of the fittest and living fast and furious is fine with me.
Well now you've presented your side or is this a joke?
It's the one element of anarchy that those who promote it more often overlook; give me anarchy and I'll own twenty square miles, supported by my own militia. And I'll own everything within that twenty miles. We would retreat, more or less, to a medieval state.
Collectivism? Definitely; I will be the collector and everyone shall share with me; they can call me "Lord of the Manor."
Where did this 20 mile idea come from? We advocate a world without borders & with worldwide networks.
I think I could easily gain the influence of those within say, a ten mile circumference; twenty might be pushing it but I wouldn't rule it our entirely.
If you're advocating anarchy, then you advocate a world of many, many, borders.
By the way, I am infinitely opposed to all such notions of a world without borders.
No, I advocate a world of no borders & private property. What is lost on many is that it is through private property that we can peacefully share the world. "public" property is maintained through govt violence.