Government is Irrational.

[Koolay]

I can think of another reason for government. Without one, roads wouldn't get built.

So you are saying a private company could not build roads?

What a load of bullshit propaganda. Especially considering that government routinely contracts private companies for road construction.

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@Tonus & Bennyboy,

The need for government isn't simply due to presence of douchebags in society. We'd need a government even if everyone was a moral and rational person.

So you are saying we need government to be moral? Isn't that what religious say? 'we need god to be moral'.

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Could you expand on this, why is it unrealistic for people to act voluntarily ?

You are making a strange syllogism: anarchists act voluntarily, therefore all people who act voluntarily must be anarchists.

You see government as an impediment to liberty. This is true in a sense; certainly you cannot choose to do whatever you want to without restriction. To allow you this right would be to ask humanity to trust in your peaceful and honest nature.

That's fine for you. But I am not willing to extend this trust to all members of humanity. I've met a large cross section of our species, and a bigger group of selfish douchebags, lying thieves, and illogical bullshitters I could never hope to meet.

Well why are they behaving that way to begin with? And you are saying none of these people are in government? The government lies all the time. And kills people on a daily basis.