I do appreciate the angle, and understand the sentiment, I just wonder if, say the UK, that hasn’t been invaded for 1,000 years, would have been able to avoid that without having a state army to protect it; which in turn gave a thousand years of space for the individuals/families to build.
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Something as important as physical protection must not be left in the hands of the state, a private market of defense is vastly superior than a monopoly.