[darjen]

my question is can property rights be adequately protected by government? seems like history has proven that not to be the case.

the assumption that warlords would always appear in society no matter what is just that - an assumption. on the other hand, every government we have today was born by conquest and initially created by warlords.

I simply don't hold to the assumption that government will always be necessary in society to protect property rights. they are actually the biggest violators we have of property rights. people are capable of progressing beyond government, and I think they will once they finally realize what government really is.