| >Only _some_ aspects and activities of government are criminal. States do some "good" things like feeding hungry schoolchildren, but never without first committing some "bad". Typically this is extortion (taxation/"revenue"),but originally states are founded on other forms of aggression like military conquest. Those who perform "good" tasks like being a teacher or web developer can be forgiven totally. >We still need someone to build roads This is the #1 laugher for us anarchist libertarians. Here's a lengthy book if you would like to see the case against road socialism. https://mises.org/library/privatization-roads-and-highways Poke around that site and I'm sure you can find many more arguments for each of the things you mistakenly think a free society can't provide. Please realize that the blind alley is in part thinking that government is a business. It isn't and will never be. It's similar to your local mafioso, just a widely accepted one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjTIhL8vM4 |