Does government protect us?
LewRockwell.Com
by Anthony Gregory
12/02/05
The state is a protection racket, not much different in kind from any organized crime syndicate. Just as the state fails in its ancillary functions, such as schooling and caring for the poor, so does it fail in its advertised primary function as an institution of protection. That’s why it's a racket. That's why it's a fraud. Even if one thinks the state can be set up so as to protect people's rights more than it abuses them, a libertarian should probably look at the current situation and conclude that the state does not, in fact, protect us on balance...
http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory100.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Anthony Gregory
12/02/05
The state is a protection racket, not much different in kind from any organized crime syndicate. Just as the state fails in its ancillary functions, such as schooling and caring for the poor, so does it fail in its advertised primary function as an institution of protection. That’s why it's a racket. That's why it's a fraud. Even if one thinks the state can be set up so as to protect people's rights more than it abuses them, a libertarian should probably look at the current situation and conclude that the state does not, in fact, protect us on balance...
http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory100.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 2. Dez, 16:42
