2/ That's not a system - that's a hope. 10,000 years of civilization show us that a decent percent of people will not operate according to that hope. When they do not, any system of governance (state, David Friedman private law system, etc.) uses forcehttps://twitter.com/KKWuckert/status/1252259638659203079 …
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3/ You've moved the goal posts from "systems based on force...are ridiculous" to "LEGITIMATE force is not being questioned". This is kind of a "no true Scotsman" argument. "Force I like is good/ is not force, it's the force I dislike that's ridiculous"https://twitter.com/KKWuckert/status/1252300834404274177 …
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4/ and, sure, if you want to make a purely tautological argument like "bad force is bad, good force is good, that's why I'm against bad force and in favor of good force", uh, feel free ... but that's the most basic / boring level of libertarianism there is. (me, 25 yrs ago)
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Mutually beneficial and cooperative agreements are the basis of every single interaction outside of the relationship between people and the state. Voluntary association to a system of societal guidelines is possible.
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