Quote from: DamienBlack on June 14, 2011, 07:49:22 PM

Quote from: bittersweet on June 14, 2011, 07:44:43 PM

Quote from: Braden on June 14, 2011, 07:16:10 PM

There are currently 192 governments, which is no indicative of a monopolistic market.

You are wrong, they have a monopoly of violence over a specific territory. They generally agree who has the monopoly where. If there are some disagreements between them, there is a tension that eventually ends up with a violent war. And then they fight each other over the turf like common street gangs do. The only difference is that a lot less civillians die in gang wars.

I wish I could hold so tightly to such a simplistic view of international politics. Exaggeration and unbridled hate is certainly easier that nuance and understanding.

Taking an argumentative position supporting any form of government to someone who belives (falsely, of course) that any form of government is corrupt and evil is an excercise in force cancellation.

Trolling birthers and the "9/11 WAZ AN INSIDE JAWBBB" crowd is equally effective, and far more entertaining.