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Is a Monarch a Thief?
I mean, calls into question the very origin story that i have in my mind of government. I it's neverlike free market actors decided, hey, let's set up this monopoly on violence to protect ourselves from local, intermittent violence. The same theory applies for non state aggressors, right? A petty thief, a a highway robber, i de still break private property. And the same logic applies to the state. It us kind of weird that the state gets to break private property and sell it to you as a pitch that its good for you. While the robber baron and the highway robber has at least the dignity and courage not to be that ridiculous, into your face, y