I've Made a Video about Anarchism

[Cecelia]

#1. Education provided by the government doesn't appear to be too useful. What does it teach children? It teaches children to analyze poetry and to hate capitalism. If the parents pay the teachers for the education, then maybe they will teach children more useful stuff. And teachers would then get more money if they do a good job, most of them probably won't be as underpaid as they are now. I and my family certainly won't be willing to pay somebody to teach me Latin, I'd probably be taught something more useful had I lived in anarchy.

#2. In most cases, circular intersections are better solutions. Even so, why would traffic lights magically disappear without a government? Most of them here in Osijek are powered by solar panels, so, even if some idiot wants to make them stop working (if that's more likely to happen in an anarchy than in a state, and I don't see why it would be), it wouldn't be easy for him or her to do that.

#3. Why wouldn't they exist any more? There are quite a few private firefighters.

#4. Well, to paraphrase Milton Friedman, how much can that safety cost? Is it OK to put a safety measure that costs 50 dollars? If so, is it OK to force a safety measure that costs a 1'000'000 dollars? And if your answer to the first one is "yes", and to the other one is "no", then you are putting a price to human life.
#5. Not at all. The government isn't working for us, it's forcing us to give them money so that they can do things we perhaps don't even want to be done, or that we think somebody else could do that much better.

I'm breaking this down into points in order to save time quoting each time.

#1. Education by public schools does a great job, actually.  We learn basic history, math, science, and English -- as well as important social skills.  Not every family can afford private education.  Maybe yours can -- but there's nothing stopping your family from seeking private education in a system with government.  As a teacher, I would NEVER work for a private school.  They cater to the parents, rather than the education of kids.  Without the public school system, society as a whole would be far less educated.  

#2. Traffic lights were put in place by government.  They're run by government, and mandated by government, and are entirely pointless without government (after all, if there's nobody to enforce the rules, then rules don't matter!)  You don't get to keep the things you like just because you like Anarchy and it weakens your argument for your anarchist utopia.

#3. 911 wouldn't exist because it's run by the government.  You would, I suppose, be able to call a private firefighter.  (Assuming that you're able to make a call in the first place, and aren't too injured to make the call) but you'd have to 1--have their number, and 2--hope they aren't too busy, and 3--don't gouge you on prices because it's a service you need urgently. Oh and let's also hope that they accept whatever currency you use. Because a currency not backed by a government is worthless. I suppose you could use gold, but gold is a pretty poor form of currency contrary to popular belief. It's expensive to store, hard to carry around, and generally doesn't have much other use.

#4. I'm not even sure what you're getting at here.  You're the one arguing we shouldn't force ANY safety standards on companies.  Which means that companies can cut corners, and let their employees die -- and the employees have NO recourse for such injuries.  They can try to sue the businesses in Private Courts, I presume, but that's assuming the companies don't own the private courts as well.

#5. You do realize that you're free to go find a private island, and live.  Right?  There you will be free from government, and not expected to pay any money (of course in an anarchy, money is useless anyway since it's not backed by anything, nor can it be insured by anybody).  I'm wondering how long you'd last on your private island with your system of anarchy.  I mean that's what you want, isn't it?  Anarchy?  You can't force anarchy on other people.  Most of us don't want it.  But you're free to start you own little nation along with other people, and see how it all works out.  I wish you the best of luck.  But don't expect us to welcome you back with welcome arms when it inevitably fails.  Because you can't say we didn't try to warn you.