I’m talking about before the 1700s, Before the Crusades, before the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians and Mesopotamia, back all the way when humans were tribal bands composed mostly of families
Emotional appeal.
The family was essentially the first form of government.
Government requires coercion. Families are voluntary. You join families. Voluntary “governments” are not governments. They are voluntary societies. The whole foundation of his argument is rotten.
protection of those people within the group and to create societal order.
It seems like his argument is that the two are the same. Why does he include both?
formal societal structure, also known as government
False!
Here is his argument: Human nature is chaos, disorder. He thinks that government is order. Yet note that government has arisen while humans have retained their human nature. How come? Obviously, people do create order.
He must either concede that human nature is not disorder or that government is not order. Since government is a type of order, the only remaining conclusion is that human nature is not disorder.
Then you have others like the US, UK, France, and historically nations like Germany, HRE, Roman Empire, and so forth, who believe what is best for them is to acquire resources and lands from other people groups
This is caused by nationalism and non-free trade. Politicians in a country use nationalism to support non-free trade, using unsound economics to say that increasing the utility of other countries decreases the utility of their own country.
doesn’t it make sense to accept the reality
Emotional appeal. Watch:
Hitler: “The Jews are what is keeping us from obtaining a stable social order and they cause chaos among us and are greedy. Doesn’t it make sense to accept the reality that Jews maybe are not capable of order?”
See? He sounds so nice now!
He seems to think that police is the purpose of government. Then why isn’t he a minarchist?
Furthermore, he seems to think that there would not be police in a free society. There would be.
You can concede as many points to him as you’d like. But pin him down on this:
Government doesn’t prevent crime. Police does. What about police? 1) Physical presence 2) Threat of retaliation. Police would exist without a government.
If he thinks that human nature is crime, then why doesn’t the army enslave us? The answer? Values. Values are what keep us from each others’ throats. We genuinely believe that we shouldn’t kill other people.
I had written so much more and so much more eloquently. But it’s now last. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.