Dinner Menu:
- Verre de whisky Kavalan
- Tartare de saumon
- Filets de carrelets au four
- Risotto au poireaux et safran
- Tomates cerises au four
- Fromages
- Tarte aux pommes et poires
We had some good friends over for dinner tonight and after a heated debate about police violence I was called out as an anarchist. I said yes at the time but in reality although I am sympathetic to the anarchist concept I' m not sure how it could work in practise in view of the society we live in. Large organisations underpin our way of life in many areas such as infrastructure, hospitals and education, and its difficult how that would work in a stateless society. The state's job (however well it performs it) is to protect the weak from exploitation and bullying. If the state is not there to protect the weaker members of society there are only two options left:
- You accept that many people may be taken advantage of with impunity
- You hope that the removal of state violence will ultimately result in a fairer, kinder society where all people are equal
What would you choose?
Nevermind the fact that third parties are necessary to account for market failures in the provision of public goods, prevention of the tragedy of the commons, prevention of monopolies, protection of property rights, or management of negative externalities, just to name a few.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question: Both?