Nostr Web Client

You just described a state with common protections and common welfare... it's almost as if humans through the entire agrarian age have invented the same thing over, and over, and over again because the citizens find value in it. But, as with all organizations, states become lazy and corrupt, and end up being the predator it's citizens feared all along.

DRE 2y ago

The protection and welfare is provided voluntarily, which is a key distinction. I’m not suggesting an overnight abolishment of taxes. Doing so would be like quitting heroin cold turkey, which would likely be fatal. We can rationalize why we need to have a group in society that has a monopoly on violence and coercion which won’t let individuals opt out without risking loosing their freedom.

Reply to this note

Discussion