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RE: Governments have been able to commit untold injustice by transferring property from the poor to the rich…
In Goverment theory there a basically two opposed points of view:
According to Hobbes, we need a strong state to protect our property to have justice.
According to Rousseau, to have justice, we need to reject any form of governance.
As he said: The first one to build fences to declare this is mine starts the real injustice. Others should go by and say: Who are you declaring this yours, who gave you such a right, earth belongs to no one.
Isn't a government an institutionalized robbery, because it is protecting those, who take from others?
Yes it is. They are 'Stationary Bandits' per Murray Rothbard.
Good post.