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Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt
Sure. Somalia, Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, or take your pick. There's lots.
I think you're giving humanity too much credit. Don't kid yourself, if there were no laws being enforced in North America or Europe, we'd degenerate into the exact same society those poor bastards are forced to live in.
I do agree that the government seems to have overdosed on steroids over the past couple decades, but nonetheless, we do need laws and they do need to be enforced regardless if those actions are done offline or online.
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The only basic rule (can call it Law if you want) is the nonaggression principle. Once you go beyond that, you start committing acts of injustice.
The places you mentioned are no different from the US or EU. In those places, large gangs of thugs terrorize the population... that essentially is what the State is and does over here. Over here they may be wearing nice suits and have more guns and have created the impression of legitimacy over time, but they are essentially the same. A big gang of thugs enforcing their own set of rules and using aggression to do so. The fact that some gangs are more brutal than other gangs, the fact that some gangs enforce sharia law and other gangs enforce laws that were created by politicians who are in bed with large corporations, the fact that one gang has been in power longer than another gang... Those fact do not legitimize the power of any of those gangs.
In a free world, justice would be enforced. There would be lots of different protection services to chose from. companies selling those services would have an incentive to raise the quality and keep the prices low if they don't want to lose clients. You could also defend yourself or chose not to defend yourself. You could form alliances with your neighbors. In some parts of the world, like South Africa for example... groups that once would have been called militia's or vigilante's and private medical services have already proven to be more efficient than the State.
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I think you're giving humanity too much credit.
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You seem to be forgetting that Governments are made up out of normal people. People don't turn into allknowing, unselfish, superhumans when you vote for them in an election. If you are worried people would commit acts of injustice if there were no such thing as the State, then why aren't you worried that those same people might abuse their power if you elect them to office and basically give them control over every aspect of your life?