The thing is that I will never agree to pay for any government service. And as long as someone says, "well 6 out of 10 of us decided we are doing it so pay up", you will always be infringing on my God-given right to figure out my own shit.
So power stolen from me to give to someone else to beat me up (without me being able to defend myself) for not complying with something I didn't agree with? Fuck that.
Governments are simply defined as the entities that exert a monopoly of violence on a certain population. I refuse to give up my right to violence, freely.
I wouldn't mind exploring this argument, but in another thread on another day.
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I appreciate the perspective, there is a lot there to get through right now.
The thing is that I will never agree to pay for any government service. And as long as someone says, "well 6 out of 10 of us decided we are doing it so pay up", you will always be infringing on my God-given right to figure out my own shit.
I agree. I'm just saying you can't have a human system where there's no concentration of power. It's literally impossible. So our choices are basically a system where extortion is only allowed when a majority approve it, or we can have a system where it's allowed whenever somebody has enough power to do so if they choose. There aren't other options.
Governments are simply defined as the entities that exert a monopoly of violence on a certain population.
The government doesn't have a monopoly on violence. Anybody can walk outside and commit any violence they choose any time they choose. The government just has enough power that they can and will visit violence upon anybody who commits violence they do not approve of. People could choose to do the same to government officials exercising violence, but they choose not to. The problem always boils down to what the people will allow. There's a big difference between what people say they want and will allow, and what they really want and allow.
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