The government is in essence a criminal organization.
It can murder - through wars and punishment for crime.
It can print money.
It can make you a slave through taxes. (taxation is theft)
It can make you a slave through imprisonment.
It can kidnap you. (politely called arrest)
It can demand ransoms. (fines)
It can steal your property. (confiscations)
Now don't get me wrong. Government has a certain utility. And we have laws and limits (in so far as possible). But ask yourself. Who do you trust with that kind of power? Who do you trust not to get corrupted by that kind of power?
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I trust an absolute monarch who is elected by a senate of shareholders of the state. Consider -
1. The king kills according to utility to the business. Killing the wrong person means people won't invest.
2. The king can't print money; other nations have their own sovereignty, and their own ideas as to what the money is worth.
3. Property taxation isn't theft - it's rent. The king owns the land. (Income tax, yes, is slavery.)
4-. See #1.
I trust an absolute monarch who is elected by a senate of shareholders of the state. Consider -
1. The king kills according to utility to the business. Killing the wrong person means people won't invest.
2. The king can't print money; other nations have their own sovereignty, and their own ideas as to what the money is worth.
3. Property taxation isn't theft - it's rent. The king owns the land. (Income tax, yes, is slavery.)
4-. See #1.