Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

Minimize Government and minimize Religion to Maximize freedom and prosperity.

Ireland has had a period of 1000 years of statelessness and faired quite well.

That is where Free Market Capitalism is the obvious choice of rational minds

Governments exist for the sole purpose of assuaging some fear or other. If no real existential threat exists one (or many) will be provided for you, as we see now. Violence or threat if it, is the only remedy govt can offer in the end. Non-compliance = violence.

Cultures that minimize religion also seem to be doing quite well. Look at Scandinavia: very high rate of atheism and a very free economy. Anyone can pick and choose.

Didn't the Jewish culture survive hundreds of years without a government?

Even the most primitive tribe societies had some form of government. The human tendency to govern is the evolutionary survival instinct of listening to a parent/guardian. Anarchy is a cognitive defect akin to parental revulsion.

True. It's just that on a superficial level this kind of argument could be misconstrued or misapplied pretty easily. By the way, I think you could also make an argument that cultures that were "too religious" haven't survived either. Maybe there's some sweet spot?

You're both making the assumption that we still live in a culture