...what is the difference between 10 maffia thugs putting you in a cage unless you pay them, or 10 000 state-paid thugs doing the same (but carrying a police uniform or the robe of a judge instead of a leather jacket)...
None. That's why I'm going to come & live at your house, and won't pay you rent. Because there's no difference between charging rent and mafia thuggery either.
Please remodel & hire some good help before I move in--I wouldn't want to put up with substandard services.
5. Yes, as far as making sure that no one else does, WWII certainly comes to mind. Of course, a privately funded militia of sulky middle-aged libers would have done the job far better, cheaper, and in half the time ...wait, aren't you French? Nevermind then, disregard.
No, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about all those goods and services OTHER than protection against violence that the state buys for you in your name with your extorted money. Like public services of bad quality and high cost that you don't ask for, wellfare that you don't ask for, military adventures abroad that you don't ask for, and a lot of people on a state's payroll with ill-defined tasks but important salaries that you have to pay for.
Living in a country is a package deal. Like renting a hotel room--you get charged for the pillow mints you didn't eat & the bed you haven't slept in.
Don't like the deal? Go to a different hotel, or sleep in the gutter. Give up your citizenship & GTFO like that petty criminal Ver (who is now whining that US won't give him an entry visa).