I'm not a pacifist, and I fully recognize and accept the need to apply force against those who attempt to exploit others violently. I'm aware that many people are horrible and abusive. That's all the more reason no one should be exempt from accountability, and no one organization should have a monopoly on dispute resolution. Centralization is not fault tolerant, so the need for decentralization only increases when a lot of people aren't trustworthy. It's unreasonable to talk about the amount of abuse agents of a centralized government may deter while ignoring the amount of abuse they commit themselves.

I like the model of competing arbitration and security agencies, but the core principle is the rejection of double standards. Hopefully I'll get more written on this in the near future.