Okay, we're here. Ahhhh! Watch out there's a godless unruled mob of barbarians headed our way to enslave us! haha, just kidding, I love that one.
Since you haven't been here before let me explain what's going on. We have been transported not to a parallel time but to a parallel wealth production. Everything is similar to what we have in our universe. Sure there are fewer roads but new modes of transportation are in development because the auto industry isn't getting massive subsidies via the tax funded road infrastructure. And because savings haven't been systematically stolen through inflation, new cars cost a few hundred dollars and the average income is about $3000 per year. Also, because new money isn't created and handed to benefactors of the state the gap between rich and poor is much smaller than what we know, but it's a healthy gap that promotes hard work, savings, and entrepreneurship. Okay, enough with the utilitarianism, let's ask how these people suffer under freedom.
"You, sir! Don't you hate it when your police break down your door looking for drugs, shoot your dogs and your wife and then realize they have the wrong house? And then the bastards get put on paid administrative leave?" (that doesn't happen, right? Ask google and see prolibertate). Some time passes while we stare at each other, "sir?", "yeah, I heard you, but who would pay for that kind of 'service'? I've never seen that." The man has a point, but I know human nature so I respond, "are you kidding me? There are always evil men who want to use guns to get what they want, they're probably even wealthy and could hire other men. That's why we have state run police." The man looks perplexed not knowing how to respond. After about 30 seconds he begins to speak, "so with this state police, everyone has to pay for it? Even me who has had his wife killed in an illegal raid?"
"Of course, we wouldn't want anarchy."
The man shakes his head and widens his eyes in disbelief. "And if I don't pay, I'll be locked up?"
"Yep"
"And if I rightfully refuse to be locked up..."
"They'll kill you if you sufficiently resist."
"And then the murderers will be captured and prosecuted by other law enforcement companies interested in protecting natural rights and garnering customer support?"
"Whoa whoa whoa, that's crazy talk, you want a competing law enforcement agency!? No, there must be a monopoly of violence in a geographic territory or else we'd just have shoot outs between different agencies"
The man is irritated now, "look" he says "law enforcement is dangerous enough as is, if one agency goes around stirring up trouble and getting their officers killed then they'll have to pay more to individuals willing to work there. Also, if they unjustly kill a man they are tried for their crimes. The officer and the hiring company will pay making it prohibitively expensive to continue imposing violence on others. And most importantly, no one, except perhaps for a small few would pay for this injustice. The shear numbers of courts, competing agencies, and citizens that desire justice will push this corrupt entity out of business."
I've got him cornered now, "but isn't it plausible that a man like Warren Buffett or some Saudi Sheik could make it his primary goal to destroy justice by the wealth you've let him accumulate?" There's not much of a pause this time, "First, we don't have anyone with those means, we don't print dollars and give them to privileged people like your Warren Buffett. And we don't give people land they have not homesteaded like your Sheik -- plus isn't he out of your 'geographical region'?
"More importantly, if these men were responsible for colluding to commit injustice, do you realize how easy it would be to send a special forces team to surgically extract them or to stop their small army. And because we have not legitimized aggression, they could not get your funding and resources or lock up dissenters. Their system would quickly collapse, they'd be taken out of power, and their wealth destroyed. Contrast this with your governor or your president or even your police captain, what's stopping the evil men you worry about from seeking these positions where they can do orders of magnitude more harm." A little red in the face he exclaims, "have you even thought about your concerns past knee-jerk emotional reactions!?
"Fundamentally, why in the world would we give some men -- who are as flawed and morally depraved as I am -- rights that no other individual has, why would we let some men be above natural law? And again, these evil men you talk about -- instead of being hampered by this political monopoly -- are empowered by an essentially unaccountable organization. "
Something all of a sudden dawns on the man,
"... And why the hell were they after drugs in the first place!? Who would pay the extremely high price that would go along with barging into homes looking for substances they disapprove of? You guys need to leave this universe. Your 'logic', if it can be called that, is completely backwards."
I have a feeling statists like ourselves aren't welcomed in this universe. We'll have to come back later to talk to them about their courts, defense, and welfare systems. Jumping through the worm hole we find ourselves back in our universe. Watch out! The state is after your money so it can give foreign "aid" to a regime that in 3 months we'll bombard with cruise missiles and drone attacks! Ah, home sweet statist home.
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