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jesse porter's avatar

Whenever a people give the job of enforcement to another group of people, they thereby give up the right of self-governing. But any time a group of people arrogates to themselves the right to rule of steal from or in any way harm a self-governing people, they must resist them with force or give up the right to freedom. Either way, the invasive group take their freedom from them, whether or not they conquer them. For the act of self-defense is also permission to commit violence. It may be preferable to being conquered, but not an absolute good. A sword that can kill others is also capable of killing yourself. Violence always begets violence.

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John Ketchum's avatar

It's estimated that the first species of humans evolved about 2 ½ million years ago, and our species has existed for more than 300,000 years. The first government is said to have been established in Sumer (Mesopotamia) about 6,500 years ago. More than 1,000 years passed before the next government was established. I don't know how much time passed before a majority of the world's population lived under one government or another, but it seems clear that for much more than 99% of the time humans have existed, they existed without governments, and for more than 98% of the time our species has existed most have lived without governments. The evidence indicates that humans can survive without governments.

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