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by tylersmith 999 days ago
When stronger groups want your stuff it doesn't matter what world you're living in. The same is true of non-Libertarian states like Ukraine.
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Ukraine situation is a conflict between two states. International world is a libertarian world. The whole point of having countries is that a country can offer something better to people within its borders. This is achieved through monopoly on violence. Internationally, there is no monopoly on violence; arguably, the only thing keeping the world mostly together is nukes.
in other news, check out "intelligence", "trade" and "medicine" as other alternatives mechanisms before the recent invention of NUKES
They don't fit well into "Mutually Assured {}" pattern.