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RE: The Mathematical Case for Anarcho-Capitalism

in #writing • 8 years ago

Chimpanzees have been known to go to war against rival groups.

Most tribal societies war against neighboring tribal societies.

Government isn't the origin of war, limited resources and survival instinct are.

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     8 years ago  

    Chimpanzees have a kind of government... and the government has an interest in war.

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    @roy2016

    Chimpanzees have a kind of government... and the government has an interest in war.
    That's a bit of a reach, they have a "leader." Interestingly it was a female chimpanzee that led her "tribe" in a war killing the other tribes in the reason...

    But A) This just underscores the impossibility of there being no "government." Groups will always have a leader, even when it's wild animals!
    B) You claim "the chimpanzee government" had an interest in war, but what do you think that interest was? It's not like she was supporting a military industrial complex... so either it was personal or she felt it was necessary for her tribe's survival. So you'd need to show those reasons wouldn't come up in a "government free" society.

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    1. Limited resources isn't nearly as much of an obstacle as it was, and it especially wouldn't be in a free society.

    2. Those tribal societies didn't have to up against networks of millions of consumer-accountable protection companies.

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