Chaos Theory by Robert P. Murphy

Author:Robert P. Murphy [Murphy, Robert P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-933550-65-7
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Published: 2011-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

Private Defense

Virtually everyone agrees that a government is needed to provide the essential service of military defense. People with an open mind may be genuinely sympathetic to the arguments for a free society. Yet they regard all the clever blueprints for an anarchist social order as hopelessly naïve, because a community based on voluntary relations wo uld apparently be helpless in the face of neighboring States.

This essay claims that such a view, though widespread, is completely false. There is nothing intrinsic to military defense that requires State provision. The free market can provide defense more cheaply and more effectively than the government can. It is foolish and reckless to entrust the State with the protection of civilian lives and property. Private defense forces would enjoy a tremendous advantage, and in all but the most lopsided contests would slaughter their government adversaries.

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