Ah, but who decides when another's rights have been violated? And who decides at what point the punishment is just and at what point it is unjust, thereby violating the rights of the perpetrator?

I love the work of Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke et al but damn, anyone that has been to a kids birthday party has hard time understanding how a society without a big nasty gubberment would function. It's a mess...

I think all current western govs are bloated disasters. But I think the answer is not anarchy but decentralization. Yes, decentralized autonomous companies that are voted in and out by humans based on their programming. They carry out their 'platform' or algo impartially and transparently. The amount of bullshit in the world would drop by an order of magnitude. It's like going from human operated cars to self-driving cars. They don't work in all situations, but the ones that do work are a beautiful thing. Power corrupts, so give it to a machine. Terrifying, yes?