Is government categorically illegit? Problems

[Eduard_Gabriel_Munte]

I just posted on a similar issue. At first I seemed sorry I didn’t search the forums further (though 2 days ago I couldn’t find a suitable answer), but my approach is different.

Government - illegitimate or just undesirable?

Hi, I’m writing this because I’m finding it difficult to come up with a bulletproof argument against the government’s legitimacy. That is, I could always come up with some ways of countering these arguments to a lesser or greater extent. Let’s see how an usual argument goes. Say the government is illegitimate because it arises as a form of coercion. There’s no point of contention in this: aggression pointed towards people in a given area should not be a means to claim sovereignty (which after …