I have seen a lot of surprise/confusion as to why so many libertarians became reactionaries, but I think there is a consistent deep structure here 1/
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Alternatively, you can have distributed means of self-defense, as in traditional & medieval stateless societies. Instead of having one tolerant ruler keeping the peace, the threat of reprisal and self-defense keeps the peace. 4/
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People usually assume that stateless societies must be poor and violent compared to states, but there are a few historical counterexamples. Medieval Iceland was peaceful compared to its contemporaries; Harappan civilization seemed to have Bronze-Age-level cities rivaling Babylon.
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