Don't smash the state. Simply watch as society slowly obviates it.

in #anarchy8 years ago

ob·vi·ate
ˈäbvēˌāt/
verb
verb: obviate; 3rd person present: obviates; past tense: obviated; past participle: obviated; gerund or present participle: obviating

remove (a need or difficulty).
"the Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains"
synonyms:   preclude, prevent, remove, get rid of, do away with, get around, rule out, eliminate, make/render unnecessary
"our latest agreement obviates any further discussion of the matter"

Ever more, society has been developing ways to do things that formerly were thought to be the sole province of government. And the ways that are being developed are almost universally better than the traditional, government backed methods. Things like Uber, Bitcoin, the agorism movement, these things show, over and over again, that the idea of government is on the precipice of going the way of the various other outdated religious beliefs.

Ways that the government is being/has been/was always obviated:

No longer needed(if it ever was) to create and support currencies

Becoming unnecessary for the arbitration of conflicts between individuals and/or organizations

Long since jumped the shark as the first choice for personal security

Never actually built the roads, just stole your money to pay for it. Construction companies build the roads

Never was a supporter of environmental protection, simply jumped on the boat to punish its enemies, while being the biggest polluter around

Never does anything to protect demographic groups from being discriminated against, except when someone wants to secure votes. Does a lot to make discrimination much more damaging to those demographics

That's just a few. You'll easily find more if you go looking and apply yourself.